200.
THEY NEED 18 MORE.
>> Ainsley: SOME RACES SEEING
MAJOR VICTORIES INCLUDING NEXT
GUEST WHO WON A FIFTH TERM
BEATING HER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT
BY 20 POINTS DESPITE MILLIONS
SPENT AGAINST HER.
WE HAVE JOINING US NOW HOUSE
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CHAIR NEW
YORK CONGRESSWOMAN ELISE
STEFANIK.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
>> Ainsley: GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING.
>> I’M FEELING GREAT AND SO
GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED BY THE
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT IN MY
DISTRICT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW AND AS VIEWERS
KNOW WE JUST WENT THROUGH
REDISTRICTING IN EVERY
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
IT WAS A PARTICULAR BATTLE IN
NEW YORK STATE SO I HAD NEW
CONSTITUENTS THAT I’M HONORED TO
EARN THE SUPPORT AND OF COURSE
CONSTITUENTS WHO I HAVE
REPRESENTED FOR A LONG TIME.
WE RAN ON OUR R0RD OF RESULTS.
ALSO PROUD TO HELP LEAD THE
EFFORT TO PICK UP A NUMBER OF
SEATS FOR REPUBLICANS IN NEW
YORK STATE.
>> Steve: RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THE REPUBLICANS DID PICK UP SOME
SEATS IN NEW YORK STATE.
BUT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RED
WAVE, CONGRESSWOMAN?
WE THOUGHT THIS MORNING WE WOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT HOW CLEARLY THE
REPUBLICANS HAD THE MAJORITY IN
THE HOUSE.
DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE SENATE.
BUT WE THOUGHT FOR SURE IN THE
HOUSE AND STILL IT’S UNKNOWN.
>> WELL, STEVE, AS WE’RE LOOKING
AT SOME OF THESE RACES, WE FEEL
CONFIDENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO
WIN THE HOUSE.
AND WE WILL FIRE NANCY PELOSI
AND THERE WILL BE A REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY.
AND THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT WAS MY TOP PRIORITY AS THE
HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
CHAIR.
AND, LOOK, WE ARE GOING TO WIN
THE MAJORITY IN NEW YORK STATE
ALONE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOUR SEATS WE
PICKED UP ON ELECTION NIGHT,
FIRING SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, A
DEMOCRAT IN LEADERSHIP.
MIKE LAWLER, OF COURSE, WON THAT
SEAT IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.
WE PICKED UP TWO IN THE HUDSON
VALLEY.
TWO ON LONG ISLAND.
ANTHONY D’ESPISITO FORMER NYPD
OFFICER WAS A PICKUP.
GEORGE SANTOS WAS ALSO A PICKUP.
AND THEN WE HAVE RACES LIKE THE
CONNECTICUT RACE WITH OUR
AMAZING CANDIDATES GEORGE LOGAN.
WE THINK THAT GOES OUR WAY AS
WELL.
YOU CAN BUILD A MAJORITY JUST
OUT OF OUR INROADS IN THE
NORTHEAST.
THERE IS POSITIVE NEWS ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY.
WE ELECTED MORE REPUBLICAN
WOMEN.
WHICH THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO
GROW IN THE NEXT CONGRESS, WHICH
I HAVE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON IN
RECRUITING AND SUPPORTING THOSE
WOMEN IN FLORIDA.
WE PICKED UP FOUR SEATS.
AND, OF COURSE, OUR TOP OF THE
TICKET DID VERY WELL AND WE
FLIPPED MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WHICH
IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT AND
SHOWS THE INROADS WE ARE MAKING
AMONG HISPANICS.
LET’S WAIT UNTIL THESE RACES ARE
CALLED, BUT WE WILL WIN THE
MAJORITY THANKS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> Brian: BY THE WAY, ONE OF
THOSE SEATS THAT DID FLIP GEORGE
SAN TOAST, HESANTOS, HE JOINED "
FIRST."
LISTEN.
>> I KEPT THE ENTIRE RACE ABOUT
THE PEOPLE.
I KEPT IT ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT
WERE HURTING AMERICANS HERE IN
THE THIRD DISTRICT WHETHER IT’S
INFLATION.
WHETHER IT’S CRIME.
WHETHER IT’S THE HIGH COST OF
ENERGY AND EDUCATION FOR OUR
KIDS.
THAT WHAT MY CAMPAIGN WAS ALL
ABOUT.
WHILE MY OPPONENT SPENT HIS
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN SMEARING ME,
WHEN YOU RUN A CAMPAIGN AND YOU
DON’T OFFER REAL IDEAS OR
SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS AT
HAND, YOU CAN’T WIN.
>> Brian: YOU KNOW, PART OF THE
REASON I THINK LONG ISLAND
DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT AND STATEN
ISLAND AND UPSTATE SO
DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM
MANHATTAN.
BUT MANHATTAN CARRIED THE DAY IN
NEW YORK.
ELISE, ARE YOU RUNNING FOR TO
KEEP THAT LEADERSHIP POSITION
AMONG THE CAUCUS NOW THAT YOU
ARE IN THE MAJORITY?
>> I AM RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION
AS HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
CHAIR.
WE HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED IN OUR
MESSAGE.
AND WE SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED
THE CASE AGAINST JOE BIDEN
MULTIPLE CRISIS, WE WON IF YOU
TALK TO VOTERS ON THE ISSUES OF
INFLATION AND WE HAVE TO STOP
THAT RECKLESS SPENDING, WE NEED
TO DO STRONG WORK TO SUPPORT THE
BORDER.
ONLY LEADERSHIP WHO FLIPPED THE
DISTRICT.
MY DISTRICT VOTED TWICE FOR
OBAMA AND WE NOW WIN HISTORIC
REPUBLICAN VICTORY WE HAVE TO
WIN FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
I’M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
>> Ainsley: WANT TO BE CHAIR OF
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
AGAIN AND NOT CONSIDERING A RUN
FOR HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP.
>> Steve: AND SHE IS PREDICTING
AS WIN FOR REPUBLICANS.
ELISE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR