Rep. Elise Stefanik Booed Off Stage at Upstate New York Event

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik was forced to cut short a speech in her upstate New York district after a crowd drowned her out with sustained boos and chants, including “You sold us out” and “Unseal the Epstein files.” The confrontation occurred Monday at a Saratoga County ceremony honoring the late county clerk John Zurlo. Stefanik, the House Republican conference chair, spoke for less than a minute before abandoning the podium. In a subsequent statement, Stefanik blamed “radical Far Left Democrat agitators” for disrupting what she described as a non-political memorial. Several demonstrators told local media they were frustrated by the congresswoman’s refusal to hold town-hall meetings. First elected in 2014, Stefanik holds a reliably Republican seat but is reportedly weighing a 2026 run for governor, a race that would require broader statewide support.