Stephen Miller
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Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy · United States
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“I also want to be clear we’ve heard a lot of talk about how all the branches of government are equal. That’s the point. They are equal. There’s no such thing as judicial supremacy. What the judges did, both at the ninth and at the district level was to take power for themselves that belongs squarely in the hands of the president of the United States.”
Miller, then Senior Policy Advisor, was defending the travel-ban executive order after a federal appeals court refused to reinstate it. It was his first round of Sunday-show interviews.
Interview on NBC's Meet the Press, 12 February 2017, as quoted by Just Security (Ryan Goodman), "11 Top Constitutional Law Experts React to White House Stephen Miller's Rejection of 'Judicial Supremacy'," 15 February 2017 Source
“The powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.”
Interview on the Sunday after the travel-ban executive order was blocked in court, in which Miller said the president had broad authority to control entry of non-citizens. He gave interviews to several Sunday programmes that morning.
Interview on CBS's Face the Nation with John Dickerson, 12 February 2017, CBS News transcript Source
“Jim, it's actually -- I have to honestly say I am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from Great Britain and Australia would know English. It's actually -- it reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree that in your mind --”
Reply to CNN's Jim Acosta, who had asked whether a proposed points system favouring English-speaking applicants would limit immigration to people from Britain and Australia. The briefing was about the RAISE Act, a bill to cut legal immigration. Miller later said "that is one of the most outrageous, insulting, ignorant, and foolish things you've ever said."
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller, 2 August 2017, American Presidency Project transcript Source
Content note: Describes a major political party as a "domestic extremist organization". The words are shown as they were said or written. Why
“The Democrat Party does not fight for, care about, or represent American citizens. It is an entity devoted exclusively to the defense of hardened criminals, gangbangers, and illegal alien killers and terrorists. The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.”
Answer to Sean Hannity's question about crime in Chicago and the federal law-enforcement deployment in Washington, D.C. Miller was Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor.
Interview on Fox News Channel's Hannity, 25 August 2025, as transcribed by Breitbart News (Jeff Poor), 26 August 2025 Source
Content note: Vow to "destroy" what he calls networks on the left, using federal agencies. The words are shown as they were said or written. Why
“And with God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks and make America safe again for the American people. It will happen and we will do it in Charlie's name.”
Five days after the killing of Charlie Kirk, Miller spoke of a coordinated effort against what he called a domestic terror movement on the left. NPR's transcription of the same clip reads "With God is my witness, we are going to use every resource we have ... to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks, and make America safe again for the American people. It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie's name."
The Charlie Kirk Show, 15 September 2025 (episode hosted by Vice President JD Vance), Roll Call Factba.se transcript (timestamp 00:15:00) Source
“Well, the administration filed an appeal this morning with the Ninth Circuit. I would note the administration won an identical case in the Ninth Circuit just a few months ago with respect to the federalizing of the California National Guard. Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the president has plenary authority.”
Answer to Sanchez's question about whether the administration would abide by a federal judge's ruling blocking National Guard deployment in Oregon, which Miller had called "legal insurrection." The connection then dropped before a commercial break; after it, Miller said the administration "will abide by the ruling insofar as it affects the covered parties."
Interview with Boris Sanchez, CNN News Central, 6 October 2025, CNN transcript Source
“Jake, we live in a law, I'm sorry, we live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world that have existed since the beginning of time.”
Answer to Tapper's question about whether the United States was running Venezuela after the 3 January capture of Nicolás Maduro. Miller had said "The United States of America is running Venezuela. By definition, that's true."
Interview with Jake Tapper, CNN The Lead, 5 January 2026, CNN transcript Source
“It wouldn't be military action against Greenland. The Greenland has a population of 30,000 people, Jake. The real question is, by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is their basis of having Greenland as a colony of Denmark? The United States is the power of NATO, for the United States to secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests. Obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States.”
Answer to Tapper's question whether he could rule out military action against Greenland. Tapper repeated the question; Miller said the United States should have Greenland as part of the United States and that "There's no need to even think or talk about this in the context that you're asking of a military operation."
Interview with Jake Tapper, CNN The Lead, 5 January 2026, CNN transcript Source