Elise Stefanik Accuses Mike Johnson Of Protecting Deep State In Fight Over Intel Provision

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik railed against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, accusing the lead Republican of siding with House Democrats to “protect the deep state” in a social media post.

Stefanik, a member of Johnson’s leadership team, has voiced outrage that a provision she is advocating for to bar illegal weaponization by the intelligence community could be stripped out of a year-end defense policy bill due to Democrats’ objections. The New York Republican said she would work to defeat the legislation if Johnson did not reverse course and stop “getting rolled” by Democrats.

“he Speaker is blocking my provision to root out the illegal weaponization that led to Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost, and more,” Stefanik wrote on X on Tuesday morning. “He is siding with Jamie Raskin against Trump Republicans to block this provision to protect the deep state.”

Stefanik, who is a senior member of both the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees, pledged to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) absent her measure’s inclusion in the bill.

“This is an easy one. This bill is DOA unless this provision gets added in as it was passed out of committee,” Stefanik said.

Johnson can afford to spare to lose just two Republicans on party-line legislation given the razor-thin House majority. Republican Rep Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced