‘Smart … Unlike Trump’: Autocracy Expert Names GOP Lawmaker Who ‘Scares Me In Several Ways’

Harvard authorities professor Steven Levitsky, who co-wrote the 2018 e book “How Democracies Die,” has defined his considerations about potential Donald Trump operating mate Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).

Stefanik “scares me in several ways” and “appears to be willing to go down Trump’s authoritarian path wholeheartedly,” Levitsky advised The Guardian in a narrative that was printed Tuesday.

Stefanik has promoted Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy theories and refused to say whether or not she’s going to settle for the outcomes of the 2024 vote, which can see Republican front-runner Trump taking up President Joe Biden for a second time.

“Accepting the results of elections is the cardinal rule of democracy,” stated Levitsky. “She’s going down Trump’s path of election denialism.”

“She’s smart, politically savvy and skilled, unlike Trump,” he added. “The most dangerous autocrats like [Hungary’s] Orbán and [Turkey’s] Erdoğan are politically skilled. Stefanik has shown signs she has some of those skills.”

Stefanik has stated she could be “honored” to serve “in any capacity” in a second Trump administration. When Trump was requested in December if Stefanik could possibly be a contender, he reportedly nodded and stated, “She’s a killer.”

Others reportedly in rivalry for the Trump vice presidential candidate function embrace far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.