Stephen Miller says White House will fight for travel ban, advances false voter fraud
Stephen Miller says White House will fight for travel ban, advances false voter fraud claims
By Philip Rucker February 12 at 11:20 AM
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Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
The White House is pursuing several options to reinstate President Trump’s travel ban on all refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations, fighting back against what one top adviser on Sunday called “judicial usurpation of power.”
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, the author of the controversial executive order, said the administration was weighing several legal options after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Thursday against reinstating the travel ban, which had been blocked temporarily by a federal judge in Washington state.
Miller said that officials are considering appealing with the 9th Circuit and having an emergency hearing “en banc,” or before all judges on the court; seeking an emergency stay at the Supreme Court; taking the case to trial at the district level; or writing a new executive order for Trump to sign that would withstand legal scrutiny.
In unusually combative interviews on the Sunday morning television shows, Miller also refused to say whether Trump still has confidence in his national security adviser amid controversy over his communications with Russian officials. Miller also advanced false claims that widespread voter fraud undermined Trump’s performance in November’s election.
Miller insisted that Trump has the constitutional authority to ban the entry of certain foreigners, saying the actions represent “the very apex of presidential authority.”
“I want to say something very clearly, and this is going to be very disappointing to the people protesting the president and the people in Congress, like [Senate Democratic Leader Charles E.] Schumer, who have attacked the president for his lawful and necessary action: The president’s powers here are beyond question,” Miller said on Fox News.
Appearing also on ABC News, Miller said, “A district judge in Seattle cannot force the president of the United States to change our laws and our Constitution because of their own personal views. The president has the power … to suspend the entry of aliens when it’s in the national interest.”
Miller said on CBS News that the judiciary was acting like “a supreme branch of government.”
“One unelected judge in Seattle cannot make laws for the entire country,” Miller told anchor John Dickerson. “I mean, this is just crazy, John. The idea that you’re going to have a judge in Seattle say that a foreign national living in Libya has an effective right to enter the United States is beyond anything we’ve ever seen before.”
Miller also suggested that the legal debate was not over the constitutionality of Trump’s action, but rather over ideology.
“There is no constitutional right for a citizen in a foreign country, who has no status in America, to demand entry into our country,” the adviser said on ABC. “Such a right cannot exist. Such a right will never exist. This is an ideological disagreement between those who believe we should have borders and should have controls and those who believe there should be no borders and no controls.”
Miller’s exchanges with the Sunday show hosts were testy on other subjects as well. He punted when ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos asked him about The Washington Post’s report that Michael Flynn discussed the then-Obama administration’s sanctions against Russia in conversations with that country’s ambassador before Flynn was sworn in as White House national security adviser.
“I don’t have any news to make you today on this point,” Miller said, prompting Stephanopoulos to ask, “Then why are you coming in if you can’t answer the questions being posed about the White House?”
On NBC, when anchor Chuck Todd asked Miller whether Trump still had confidence in Flynn, Miller said he did not know. Miller said his colleagues in the White House “did not give me anything to say.”
“It’s not for me to tell you what’s in the president’s mind,” he told Todd. “That’s a question for the president.”
Miller also repeated the false claim that Trump underperformed in the general election because of “massive voter fraud.” Miller provided no evidence to support his assertions in his ABC appearance — something Stephanopoulos pointed out to viewers.
Miller repeated claims Trump made privately to senators this past week that he narrowly lost the general election in New Hampshire because thousands of Massachusetts residents were bused into New Hampshire to vote illegally there.
“I can tell you that this issue of busing voters into New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics,” Miller said. “It’s very real. It’s very serious.”
There is no known evidence of this happening.
Miller went on to say that there is “enormous evidence” of people being registered to vote in more than one state, of “dead people voting” and noncitizens being registered to vote.
“George, it is a fact — and you will not deny it — that there are massive numbers of noncitizens in this country who are registered to vote,” Miller said. “That is a scandal. We should stop the presses. And, as a country, we should be aghast about the fact that you have people who have no right to vote in this country registered to vote, canceling out the franchise of lawful citizens of this country.”
At that, Stephanopoulos intoned: “For the record, you have provided zero evidence that the president was the victim of massive voter fraud in New Hampshire. You provided zero evidence that the president’s claim that he would have won the popular vote if 3 million to 5 million illegal immigrants hadn’t voted — zero evidence for either one of those claims.”
Miller’s combative appearances pleased his boss, who apparently was watching from Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump tweeted: “Congratulations Stephen Miller- on representing me this morning on the various Sunday morning shows. Great job!”
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BOOM! Sr. POTUS Advisor Stephen Miller Schools George Stephanopoulos On Voter Fraud
Cristina Laila Feb 12th, 2017 3:31 pm
Senior advisor to President Trump, Stephen Miller had a heated exchange with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday over voter fraud. Stephanopoulos was his usual cocky self until Stephen Miller shut him down!
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Stephanopoulos: “Do you have the evidence (New Hampshire vote fraud)?”
Stephen Miller: “I’ve actually having worked before on a campaign in New Hampshire and I can tell you, this issue of bussing voters into New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who has worked in New Hampshire politics. It’s very real, it’s very serious…voter fraud is a serious problem in this country. You have millions of people who are registered in 2 states, people who are dead are registered to vote. 14% of non-citizens according to academic research at a minimum that are registered to vote which is an astounding statistic!”
Stephanopoulos tried to hit back but watch Stephen Miller hold his ground and stick up for disenfranchised American voters. He left ole Georgie stuttering!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wo9DAVtko
Wow! @POTUS Sr. Advisor Stephen Miller Left George S.Gasping, Sputtering and at Total Loss on Voter Fraud Issue #MAGA #TrumpTrain #Dobbs
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) February 12, 2017
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VIDEOS: Sunday Talks - Stephen Miller Interviews on ABC, NBC, and FOX News
Adding this too, since it has the third interview with Stephen Miller included.
Sunday Talks – Stephen Miller Interviews on ABC, NBC and FOX News…
Posted on February 12, 2017 by sundance
Linguistic swordsman Stephen Miller heads into the swamp to battle the swamp creatures and brilliantly beheads the three-headed Cerberus guarding the gate.
Unbeknownst to the swamp creatures Miller was carrying the blade of Honjo Masamune. According to legend, when Japan surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II, Honjo Masamune belonged to Tokugawa Iemasu, President of the House of Peers….
After forfeiture the legendary blade seemingly disappeared forever, until it resurfaced this morning wielded by young master Miller.
The first strike hit George Stephanopoulos of ABC This Week whose poison tongue and head dropped harmlessly amid the weeds:
https://youtu.be/CJRRA-4vBdg
https://youtu.be/CJRRA-4vBdg.
Master Miller spun quickly to face left-wing MSNBC Democrat Chuck Todd who hissed briefly as the angular down strike deconstructed his argument mid ‘splodey. The crowd stood jaw-agape… as the verbose Todd creature’s teeth continued gnashing for several seconds until he realized simultaneous breathing while decapitated was no longer an option.
https://youtu.be/YmEVRJMByiA
https://youtu.be/YmEVRJMByiA.
With only one rabid Fox head remaining, the MSM Cerberus began to retreat. However, Master Miller quickly self-elevated and delivered the final linguistic blow removing the lone and final argument. Wallace drops.
https://youtu.be/nRWKvwnCFcw
https://youtu.be/nRWKvwnCFcw.
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Congratulations Stephen Miller- on representing me this morning on the various Sunday morning shows. Great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
February 12, 2017
