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FIRST ON FOX: A POLITICAL BOMBSHELL has detonated in the GOP, exposing the BRUTAL REALITY of Trump’s loyalty. STAR ALLY ELISE STEFANIK has been FORCED into political exile, her career SHATTERED after Donald Trump delivered a DEVASTATING SNUB by REFUSING to endorse her for governor, Fox News Digital can exclusively reveal.
“The biggest piece of this puzzle was Donald Trump and the fact that he passed three times on endorsing her candidacy, including in the Oval Office with the Miracle on Ice Team last week,” a shaken GOP source close to the situation told Fox News Digital. “I think [that] played the largest role in this decision.”
This is a STAGGERING BETRAYAL of one of Trump’s most loyal soldiers. Stefanik, who DEFENDED him through TWO impeachments and was set to be his UN Ambassador, was left TWISTING IN THE WIND. Her entire political calculation CRUMBLED the moment Trump chose to stay neutral, allowing rival Bruce Blakeman to enter the race. This proves a HARSH truth: in Trump’s world, NO ALLY is safe, and loyalty is a ONE-WAY street.
Stefanik’s abrupt exit from BOTH the governor’s race AND Congress isn’t just a retreat—it’s a SURRENDER. The so-called “clear shot” at Governor Kathy Hochul vanished, revealing a Republican Party in CHAOS, cannibalizing its own. The source admitted the campaign saw “an assumed ally in the president who passes on endorsing,” and the wind was GONE from her sails.
Trump’s public praise for Stefanik after her withdrawal is a EMPTY, MEANINGLESS GESTURE—the political equivalent of a funeral bouquet. The damage was already done. Meanwhile, Hochul’s camp is LAUGHING, having already shifted focus to Blakeman, labeling him “100% MAGA” while taunting, “Bring it on.”
This episode exposes the ROT at the core of MAGA politics. A once-rising star has been UTTERLY CONSUMED by the very machine she helped build. Her political obituary was written not by Democrats, but by her own kingmaker’s calculated silence. The question now haunts every Trump loyalist: if she can be discarded so easily, WHO’S NEXT?
