Rep. Elise Stefanik thanked the Washington Post for an article criticizing her for using an unflattering photograph of Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a fundraising advertisement.
The New York Republican earned the scorn of a report from the Washington Post after tweeting an “altered photo” of Pelosi while trying to draw attention to her “Pressure Pelosi” fundraising website. The website states, “Democrats have been obsessed with impeaching President Trump since the day he was elected. Now after the sham impeachment in the House, Nancy Pelosi refuses to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate!”
Dems obsessed w/ impeachment but won’t send articles to the Senate. Why? It’s bc they don’t want a trial that will EXPOSE Schiff’s illegal COORDINATION with the Whistleblower. SIGN & DONATE to #PressurePelosi to send the articles! https://t.co/g0D2tl9Px3 ?https://t.co/w13xEv1sC9
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) January 8, 2020
Following a retweet of Stefanik’s post from Trump, the Washington Post published an article titled: “Rep. Stefanik tweets altered photo of Pelosi in GOP fundraising appeal.” The report condemned Stefanik for using “a close-up, red-tinted photo of Pelosi, with the lines in the House speaker’s face exaggerated due to the image’s unnaturally high contrast.”
Many found the report to be overblown and pointed out that the photograph that accompanied the Washington Post article was an altered image of Trump. Stefanik, 35, fired off two tweets thanking the outlet for additional coverage of her fundraising efforts.
“Thanks [Washington Post] for your article promoting & advertising my donation page urging Pelosi to stop her political games w/ beautiful black & white photography!” Stefanik wrote, later adding, “Thank you again to [Washington Post] — we’ve had a huge morning of online national fundraising to Pressure Pelosi landing page because of this article!”
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Thanks @washingtonpost for your article promoting & advertising my donation page urging Pelosi to stop her political games w/ beautiful black & white photography! ?
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Helping me w/ free digital advertising nationwide!#Grateful ? https://t.co/w13xEv1sC9
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) January 9, 2020
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Thank you again to @washingtonpost – we’ve had a huge morning of online national fundraising to Pressure Pelosi landing page because of this article!
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) January 9, 2020
Stefanik garnered a lot of attention during the House impeachment hearings for her fiery defense of Trump. While some, like George Conway, bashed her as “lying trash” for siding with Trump, her fundraising skyrocketed as the president’s supporters poured money into her reelection fund.
