A Sleazy State of Mind: NY Democrats Work to Game the System and Keep Elise Stefanik's House Seat Vacant

Democrats have oh-so-hurt feelings these days after they got thoroughly humiliated at the ballot box in November, losing the Oval Office, the House, and the Senate—and they should be upset because their whole poisonous ideology just got shot down like a rabid raccoon in Alabama.

If you were a decent person, you would take stock of where you went wrong, maybe look in the mirror and do some self-reflecting, but New York State Democrats are not known for their decency, so they have another plan: play dirty.

To wit, they’re trying to rig the system to ensure that Rep. Elise Stefanik’s House seat doesn’t get filled until this summer. She is expected to resign shortly if she is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations.

In a state that wasn’t corrupt to its core, the seat would be filled by legal means worked out well in advance. But this is the Empire State, where things are done differently:

New York Democratic lawmakers are working to keep Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat vacant until the summer in an unprecedented move hashed out during late-night discussions last week, a Republican Empire State assemblyman told Fox Digital. 

"We still haven't seen the final proposal from the Democrats in Albany, but there's no doubt that Tammany Hall corruption is alive and well in the state capital," Republican New York Assemblyman Matt Slater, who represents the state's 94th district in areas of Putnam and Westchester counties, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive Zoom interview on Sunday morning. 

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This is ridiculous and shows just how craven Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats are. They will stop at nothing to try and deny Republicans and Independents in New York representation at the federal level, even if that includes keeping Elise Stefanik's seat vacant. pic.twitter.com/eSuiRWttji

— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) February 1, 2025

There was already an orderly process in place to deal with similar situations, but “Resistance” Dems want to nuke it:

Under current law, New York's governor has 10 days to declare a special election for a vacant seat and an additional 80 to 90 days to hold the election. Stefanik's seat is key for the Republican Party and Trump's second administration, as Republicans hold a slim majority at 218 members to the Democrats' 215 members.

The state Democrats' anticipated legislation has not yet been introduced, but Democrats were summoned to an emergency conference on Friday evening to reportedly discuss such a bill, Slater explained. He expects to have a copy of the Democrats' bill on Monday morning.

Slater said the Democrats' objective of changing election laws to move the special election back to the summer is part of their bigger agenda to combat the second Trump administration.

It’s a transparent, sleazy move, and it shows the increasing desperation of the Democrat party as they struggle to come to terms with the fact that they’re losing relevance and voters are disgusted with them. Petty ploys like this will only make them look worse as the public is increasingly becoming aware of the corrupt depths they will sink to do anything to try to get power. (See: the cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental decline and the installation of Kamala Harris as the Democrat nominee despite the fact that she didn't win a single primary vote).

There’s absolutely no reason to rewrite the law & intentionally delay a special election in NY21.

It didn’t happen in 2024 for specials in NY3 or NY26 (both Dem seats).

If a bill like this comes to the floor, it’s a blatant attempt to rig the system.https://t.co/FKShaH88sE

— Will Barclay (@WillABarclay) February 1, 2025

These are gross displays of naked opportunism, and unfortunately, they worked in the past, but folks like these got their well-deserved comeuppance on November 5, and I believe they will continue taking their medicine for years to come as they can’t seem to resist the urge to debase themselves.

Keep flailing, Dems. The world is finally seeing you for who you really are.

Hopefully this type of sleaze isn't what Billy Joel was talking about, but this seems appropriate: