To Trump or not to Trump: Stefanik and Hutchinson offer contrasting Republican visions
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6JW87)
At CPAC and the Principles First summit, the would-be Trump VP and the January 6 witness were stars of their shows
At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, Elise Stefanik made her case for a glittering prize: the Republican nomination for vice-president to Donald Trump. At the Principles First summit on Saturday, Cassidy Hutchinson received a prize of her own: a Profiles in Courage award.
Stefanik, who is 39 and the No 3 Republican in the US House, received standing ovations from an audience ultra-loyal to Trump. Hutchinson, 28, received standing ovations too, as she appeared with Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sarah Matthews, fellow Trump White House staffers turned Trump critics, before an audience of anti-Trump conservatives.
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