July 10, 2024
By Josh Christenson and Diana Glebova
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, will be a featured speaker at next week’s Republican National Convention, The Post can reveal.
According to a Republican National Committee official, Stefanik (R-NY) will speak sometime between July 15 and 17 as the schedule is still “in flux.”
“I am honored to be speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee,” Stefanik told The Post in a statement.
“This November is the most important election in our lifetime and Americans across the country are united behind President Donald J. Trump’s America First agenda which created the greatest economy in generations, the most secure border in modern history, the lowest gas prices in years, and peace through strength,” she added, hinting at her potential speech topics.
The convention schedule will be finalized by Friday, a source also told The Post.
Trump, 78, will accept the Republican nomination on July 18, following an introduction by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The Republican vice presidential nominee will speak the previous evening, July 17.
Stefanik, 40, has been a top fundraiser for congressional Republicans, amassing a war chest of more than $27 million so far this election cycle — with more than $7 million scooped in the second quarter of 2024, including from deep-pocketed Silicon Valley and Wall Street donors.
The New Yorker was the first member of the GOP leadership on Capitol Hill to formally endorse Trump’s 2024 run — and the 45th president reportedly praised her privately as “a killer” after her devastating line of questioning against the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania during an antisemitism hearing on Capitol Hill in December.
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum are leading the veepstakes, insiders have told The Post, but congressional allies like Stefanik have been equally present at high-profile Trump events in recent weeks.
“I don’t get into the specifics of the process,” Stefanik told reporters when asked about the vice presidential jockeying during Trump’s debate against President Biden in Atlanta on June 27.
“I’m honored to have my name in the mix,” she added.
