Latest Moves
January 2021: Miller is Continuing to Work for Mike Pence Post-Transition. [Politico, 1/20/21]
September 2019: Miller Was Hired As Spokesperson For VP Pence. [Arizona Republic, 9/21/19]
Recent News
Miller Told A Reporter That DHS Sent Her “To See The Separations For Myself — To Try To Make Me More Compassionate — But It Didn’t Work.” “The excerpt Maddow published on the show quoted Miller as telling Soboroff: “My family and colleagues told me that when I have kids I’ll think about the separations differently. But I don’t think so … DHS sent me to the border to see the separations for myself — to try to make me more compassionate — but it didn’t work.” Soboroff wrote: “‘It didn’t work? I will never forget what I saw. Seriously. Are you a white nationalist?’ I asked, exasperated.” Miller responded: “No, but I believe if you come to America you should assimilate. Why do we need to have ‘Little Havana’?”” [Business Insider, 7/7/20]
Miller Berated Commander Of U.S. Public Health Service, Accused Him Of Being A “Bleeding Heart Liberal” For Refusing To Commit Perjury On Harm To Children Separated From Parents. “The group walked through the lead-up, implementation, and aftermath of the policy. But one question in particular caused the room to explode: Was separation harmful to children? Commander White, who had long warned of the impacts of separation on children, as had the American Academy of Pediatrics, among others, made it clear he believed it was. If asked, he would stick to the scientific facts. Waldman suggested a line that was straight out of the Koch brothers’ climate denial playbook: “There’s no reason to think, or way to know, that separations were harmful to children.” White couldn’t believe it. “I cannot give that answer under oath because it would be perjury.” … Waldman, Hoffman, Stimson, and Stecker started screaming at one another. After the blowup, Waldman approached Commander White and, as she had done to me on several occasions, used one of her favorite pejoratives. “I’m sure you’re a bleeding heart liberal.” That set Commander White off. “Ms. Waldman, you should save that attitude for journalists. You literally traumatized these kids. Why don’t you go peddle your story to people who don’t work in immigration.”” [Daily Beast, 8/3/20]
Miller Claimed Separations Were “Rare” And With No Evidence Alleged Children Were Being Used To Gain Entry Into U.S. “In a statement released Thursday, DHS spokeswoman Katie Waldman said, “As we have already said — and the numbers show: separations are rare. While there was a brief increase during zero tolerance as more adults were prosecuted, the numbers have returned to their prior levels. However, the numbers we have recently compiled show unequivocally that smugglers, human traffickers, and nefarious actors are attempting to use hundreds of children to exploit our immigration laws in hopes of gaining entry to the United States.” DHS provided no evidence to support the allegation that children were being used to gain entry to the US.” [CNN, 12/6/18]
Washington Examiner: Miller Defended Family Separation Policy, Called Asylum Seekers “Violent Mob Of Migrants.” “Like Miller, who has faced criticism in part due to his positions on immigration, Waldman has garnered attention for her own immigration views. While serving as deputy press secretary at DHS, for example, she defended the administration’s controversial family separation policy and made several unsubstantiated claims about immigrants, including calling asylum seekers a “violent mob of migrants.”” [Washington Examiner, 9/21/19]
