Trump withdraws Stefanik's nomination as UN ambassador
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🗓️ 28 March 2025
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USA TODAY Congress Reporter Riley Beggin takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's withdrawal of Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination as UN ambassador, and what it tells us about growing concerns from Republicans about holding onto their narrow majority in the House.
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| 0:18.8 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Friday, March 28th, 2025. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:29.6 | Today, Trump's withdrawal of Elise Tophonix nomination as UN ambassador and what the move tells us about Republicans' concerns in the House. |
| 0:37.5 | Plus, authorities arrest an alleged MS-13 gang leader, |
| 0:40.9 | and let's talk about Greenland. |
| 0:46.5 | President Donald Trump said yesterday that he has withdrawing the nomination of Congresswoman Elise |
| 0:51.0 | Stefaniq to be the ambassador to the United Nations. |
| 0:54.0 | The move comes amid growing concerns from Republicans about holding on to their narrow majority |
| 0:58.1 | in the House. I spoke with USA Today Congress reporter Riley Beggin for more. |
| 1:03.2 | Thanks for wrapping on, Riley. Anytime. So Riley, what did President Donald Trump decide here |
| 1:08.6 | about Congresswoman Elise Deick, as it pertains |
| 1:11.2 | to the UN? |
| 1:12.4 | He had nominated at least to Fanatic to be the ambassador to the United Nations, and he announced |
| 1:18.2 | that he is not going to have her be the ambassador to the United Nations anymore. |
| 1:23.3 | He's withdrawing her nomination. |
| 1:25.9 | And he has not announced who he's going to replace her with, but Stefanik will be going back to the House. |
| 1:31.3 | This comes amid concerns from Republicans about holding on to their House majority. |
| 1:36.3 | Can you talk through some of that and what they're really focused on it at this point? |
| 1:39.3 | I was thinking about this as I was writing the story. |
| 1:42.3 | Have you ever heard about people saying, you know, |
| 1:45.1 | you want to be good at your job, but not too good? That's kind of what happened here. |
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