Rep. IIhan Omar, D-Minn., called Stephen Miller, a close adviser to President Trump, a “white nationalist” and suggested he has embedded a racist ideology into official American public policy.
“Stephen Miller is a white nationalist,” Omar tweeted Monday. “The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage.”
Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage. https://t.co/7NyMDgojd7
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 8, 2019
In her tweet, Omar shared a link to a news article detailing how Miller is operating in the shadows of the West Wing as he shapes Trump’s hard-line immigration policy.
Several media outlets have been scrutinizing Miller’s role in the White House in the wake of the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Service Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles.
An increasingly influential figure in the White House since the departure of John Kelly as chief of staff, Miller pushed for the removal of Nielsen as he had been lobbying her to do more to stop an influx of migrants at the southern border.
One of Omar’s loudest critics in Congress, Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., called the freshman lawmaker out for criticizing Miller given her own statements about Jewish people.
“During my time in Congress before @IlhanOmar got here, I didn’t once witness another Member target Jewish people like this with the name calling & other personal attacks,” Zeldin tweeted. “In 2019 though, for @IlhanOmar, this is just called Monday.”
During my time in Congress before @IlhanOmar got here, I didn’t once witness another Member target Jewish people like this with the name calling & other personal attacks. In 2019 though, for @IlhanOmar, this is just called Monday. https://t.co/sgvsEvsj56
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) April 9, 2019
Omar has faced bipartisan criticism for accusing Jewish people of buying influence in Congress. In one tweet she said, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.”
