CNN — As some Republicans were agonizing over the party’s disappointing 2022 midterm election performance – and occasionally laying the blame at the feet of former President Donald Trump – New York Rep. Elise Stefanik tripled down. Shortly after Election Day, Stefanik, now the fourth-ranking House Republican and a top GOP fundraiser, endorsed Trump’s reelection bid – before he formally announced it himself – and called on her party to “to unite around the most popular Republican in America.” The early move brought some political risk, but for Stefanik, the potential rewards clearly outweighed the downside, and her decision did...