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A baby born prematurely at 26 weeks’ gestation. Shelley Sella would kill babies well past this time during her career (ceejayoz/Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)
Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. She is the author of Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover. She is originally from Michigan. Follow her on X at @EllieGardey. Contact her at eholmes@spectator.org.