Rep. Elise Stefanik, a congresswoman from New York whose fierce defense of President Trump during the impeachment hearings made national news, was harassed at the grocery store with a ‘vile’ note.
Stefanik, 35, revealed on Twitter that she went grocery shopping with husband Matthew Manda Saturday and later returned to their car to find a targeted note.
‘Rot in Hell Fascist Pig,’ the handwritten note reads.
Stefanik blasted the ‘vicious’ radical far-left supporters for the note and criticized the move.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (pictured) of New York revealed she received a ‘vile’ anonymous note on her car after grocery shopping
The handwritten note read ‘Rot in Hell Fascist Pig’ and Stefanik blasted the radical far-left for the inappropriate message
She wrote: ‘It is truly sad that the radical Far-Left cannot see beyond their vicious hate.
‘My husband and I went grocery shopping this morning before district events and enjoyed chatting with constituents throughout the store. This vile anonymous note was left on our car.’
In a second tweet, the Republican congresswoman called on her Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb, to publicly denounce the note.
‘As an elected official, I understand that respectful & passionate policy disagreements are foundational to our democracy. But this note is just sad hatred. We are praying for the author,’ Stefanik wrote.
‘This hateful rhetoric should be publicly condemned by my opponent immediately,’ she added.
While continuing to criticize the note, Stefanik asked her Democratic opponent to publicly condemn the ‘hateful rhetoric’
Cobb responded that afternoon by calling the note ‘damaging’ and suggested they set an example ‘not to name call’ throughout the rest of their campaigns.
‘[Elise Stefanik] you’re right, that type of discourse is damaging and wrong,’ Cobb wrote.
‘I think it’s time you joined me in pledging not to name call in this campaign. I’d love to work with you to set a better example for #NY21.’
Cobb’s response referenced Stefanik’s Trump-like tendency to refer to her opponent as ‘Taxin’ Tedra.’
It’s a nickname that North County Public Radio said has been fact-checked and found to be inaccurate.
Democratic congress candidate Tedra Cobb responded on Twitter and called Stefanik’s note ‘damaging’
Stefanik hit back at Cobb with claims that she didn’t fully condemn the note
Stefanik fired back in another tweet, claiming Cobb’s tweet wasn’t ‘condemnation’ as she requested.
She also became angered that Cobb was reportedly trying to compare her ‘Taxin’ Tedra’ moniker to ‘Fascist Pig.’
‘This is not a condemnation. Here is my opponent equating “Taxin” with “ROT IN HELL FASCIST PIG”,’ Stefanik wrote.
‘One is a policy difference (you have voted numerous times to raise taxes) the other is a vicious, vile, sick attack. They are not the same and voters know it. ‘
Stefanik became a household name after she made waves during the impeachment hearings last year.
She vehemently pushed back at her Democratic colleagues for their prosecution of Trump and meticulously questioned witnesses who testified before the House Intelligence Committee.
Stefanik spoke out publicly against the impeachment hearing, calling it ‘the flimsiest, weakest case of impeachment in our nation’s history,’ on Fox & Friends.
Stefanik was given an honorary chair on President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign after she defended him during the impeachment hearings
It has since placed Stefanik in the President’s good graces and even earned her a shout out during a speech following his Senate acquittal.
‘Elise, I just read this story. It’s most incredible what’s going on with you, Elise. I was up campaigning for helping her and I thought, ‘She looks good, she looks like good talent,’ Trump said, referencing a previous New York Post story.
‘But I did not realize when she opens that mouth, you were killing them, Elise, you were killing them,’ he added.
Stefanik was also named an honorary chair for the Trump 2020 campaign in January.
‘I’m looking forward to working with his campaign to deliver another decisive victory in my district,’ she said at the time.
‘President Trump’s record of results will win handily over far-left radical resistance in November.’