From The Hill: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) labeled White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “hateful bigot” for his role in shaping immigration policy and called into question Miller’s future in the Trump administration.
Amid mounting scrutiny of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handling of the fatal officer-involved shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Jeffries pivoted his attention onto Miller — who also serves as the president’s homeland security adviser and is credited with crafting some of the administration’s most hardline immigration policies.
“Stephen Miller is one of the malignant architects of the violence and brutality DHS has unleashed on the American people,” Jeffries wrote in a post on the social platform X, referring to the Department of Homeland Security.
“He slandered hero nurse Alex Pretti as a would-be assassin,” the Democratic leader continued. “Why is this hateful bigot still Donald Trump’s chief immigration adviser?”
The fatal shooting of the 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and VA ICU nurse has sparked sharp backlash across the political spectrum and growing calls for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign, including from some Republicans.
Critics have taken issue with Noem’s immediate comments after the shooting, in which she labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist.”
The White House dismissed Jeffries’s remarks in a statement to The Hill.
“Hakeem Jeffries is a buffoon who has repeatedly lied about and smeared federal law enforcement officers, including inciting violence against them by encouraging his supporters to ‘fight’ President Trump’s agenda ‘in the streets,’” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said.
“No one should take anything he says seriously,” she continued.
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