Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

"Stephen Miller, the president's deputy chief of staff, declared over the weekend that "a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country" is fueling an historic national schism, "shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. "The only remedy," Miller said, "is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks." It was a maxim from an unelected presidential advisor who is already unleashing the federal government in unprecedented ways, overseeing the federalization of police forces and a sweeping deportation campaign challenging basic tenets of civil liberty."

"Miller's rhetoric comes amid a federal crackdown on Portland, Ore., where he says the president has unchecked authority to protect federal lives and property - and as another controversial Trump advisor harnesses an ongoing government shutdown as pretext for the mass firing of federal workers. Russ Vought, the president's director of the Office of Management and Budget, plays the grim reaper in an AI video shared by the president, featuring him roving Washington for bureaucrats to cut from the deep state during the shutdown. His goal, Trump has said, is to specifically target Democrats."

"As of Monday afternoon, it was unclear exactly how many federal workers or what federal agencies would be targeted. "We don't want to see people laid off, but unfortunately, if this shutdown continues layoffs are going to be an unfortunate consequence of that," White House press secretary Karoline Levitt said during a news briefing."

Stephen Miller labeled a "large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism" as fueling an historic national schism and claimed it is "shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general." Miller called for the use of legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks while overseeing federalization of police forces and an extensive deportation campaign. The administration enacted a federal crackdown in Portland and another advisor used the government shutdown as pretext for potential mass firings of federal workers. Russ Vought appeared in an AI video portraying cuts to bureaucrats, and the White House warned layoffs could result if the shutdown continues.

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