Miller Defends Trump's Criticism Of US As Boosting 'Principles Of Western Civilization'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Cristina Cabrera
July 21, 2019 11:02 am
White House immigration advisor and speechwriter Stephen Miller went full dog whistle on Sunday, saying that President Donald Trump was merely upholding the principles of Western civilization when he criticized the US in the past.
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Yet, as Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out to Miller, Trumps complained about the US plenty of times, particularly during his 2016 campaign. I think President Obama has been the most ignorant president in our history, Trump said in a clip Wallace pulled up. Nobody respects us, they are laughing at us, we dont know what were doing.
Why is what those congresswomen have said any worse than what you just heard Donald Trump say? the Fox reporter asked Miller.
Anybody whos running for office, right, left, or center, always points out with they think America can do better and where America needs to go, Miller responded. But theres a fundamental distinction between people who think that we need to lean into and strengthen Americas core values, whether it be our constitutional values, the rule of law, the principles of Western civilization, or people who think it would basically need to turn America into Venezuela.
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dalton99a
(81,636 posts)"White nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization - how did that language become offensive?"
Lonestarblue
(10,106 posts)Just another dog whistle to the racists in the Republican Party, which is most of them today. Other then being elected, I have to ask what the Republicans have as their end goal. Another race war. Street fighting as in the 60s but with assault weapons that kill lots more people. What is it theyre pushing their supporters to do? I cant see anything but violence coming out of this.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Feeding racist ways to hurt and divide people with. That the type of people trump surrounds himself with.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)Sorry, dude, but western civ. isn't the end all be all. It's merely a passing fad in the long course of history.
Reminds me of the old Sting song, All This Time....
Teachers told the Romans built this place. They built a wall and a temple and an edge of the empire garrison town. They lived and they died. They prayed to their gods, but their stone gods did not make a sound. And their empire crumbled 'till all that was left were the stones the workmen found.
The river is still flowing, hemorrhoid.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Talking to us about American values. That's rich.
William Seger
(10,779 posts)... is just as ludicrous.
ancianita
(36,160 posts)We know he's behind racist policies and practices of his big boss, but do the viewers.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Claiming the 4 Congresswomen of color want to "turn America into Venezuela". You can't get any more intellectually horrendous than with made up charges like this. Indeed, how is this any different than McCarthyism but with a dollop of racism - it isn't. And Chris Wallace let him get away with it. Where was the pushback?
Hulk
(6,699 posts)Hes a lunatic on a leash. Watching and listening to him is scary. He looks like hes ready to break into laughter at the thought of locking up infants and takes pleasure in ripping families apart and putting them in cages...smoke emits from his ears at odd moments in the interview when he gets on a roll spewing his garbage in front of the cameras. This evil son-of-a-bitch needs to be watched carefully, and hopefully taken out of society sooner than later.
Berlin Expat
(950 posts)can probably be summed up in 14 words.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)and the corollary: strengthening core values is hate and fake.
Polybius
(15,507 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)is that civilization existed all over the world at different times in history. They act like "western" people invented it a few hundred years ago.
rawhideal
(51 posts)POS
flyingfysh
(1,990 posts)I suspect that they don't know much about the ancient Greeks, history, philosophy, the European Enlightenment, etc.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)From a true fascist. This piece of shit is the poster boy for White Supremacy in the White (and I do mean WHITE) House.
txbruin
(3 posts)Miller is a disgrace to the American Jewish community, and does he not realize that if the fascists ever take over, he'll be the first to go?
truthisfreedom
(23,159 posts)45:0 Squad:4
WhoWoodaKnew
(847 posts)Richard Nixon
Stephen Miller
Rand Paul
Kenneth Starr
Elizabeth Dole
Ron Paul
turbinetree
(24,726 posts).......................fuck him....................his ass should be in jail..................I keep thinking of his fucking racists policy and this...................................
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