Beyer Statement On Stephen Miller

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his new White House Chief of Staff:

“Trump’s elevation of Stephen Miller doubles down on the politics of hatred, lawlessness, and failure that the American people soundly rejected three days ago.

“Stephen Miller is the architect of Trump’s immigration policies that plunged quiet American communities into violence. At Miller’s direction, peaceful, law-abiding people have been seized from their families and imprisoned or deported for minor civil offenses, and American citizens who protested these actions have been beaten up and even killed by masked paramilitary thugs. Miller is also the ‘brains’ behind the illegal, extrajudicial murders of people in the Caribbean and the Pacific, many of whom may have done nothing wrong. He frequently promised in 2024 that Trump would focus on the economy and avoid new wars, and then became an ardent defender of Trump’s foolish, unpopular attacks on Iran and other countries.

“Stephen Miller embodies the worst elements of the Trump presidency. His promotion shows that Trump has learned nothing from his electoral debacle and has no intention of even trying to work constructively with the next Congress. But Trump and his Republican allies who continue to embrace the politics of hate, division, and chaos are wildly out of step with what the American people want, and they will keep suffering more defeats until they listen.”