Trump ‘will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller’
Florida state Senator Ileana Garcia (R), co-founder of Latinas for Trump, criticized President Trump’s crackdown on immigrants and warned that he would “lose the midterms” because of White House adviser Stephen Miller.
“I think he’s going to lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” Garcia told The New York Times. in an interview It was published on Tuesday.
Although Garcia publicly supported Trump’s plans to close the border, he placed blame on Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, for the aggressive tactics used during the current crackdown.
His comments come after federal agents in Minneapolis shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti over the weekend during a protest against the administration’s immigration action, weeks after an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in the city earlier this month.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti “attacked” federal law enforcement, while Miller described Pretti as follows: As a “future assassin” The person who “tried to kill federal law enforcement officers.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt distanced Trump from those remarks on Monday, saying she had not heard the president “characterize Mr. Pretti that way” and delayed the investigation.
“Distorting, politicizing, and slandering what happened to Alex Pretti is inconsistent with the American values for which the administration campaigned. He was neither a domestic terrorist nor an assassin,” Garcia wrote in Monday’s post. Publish on social platform XIn response to Miller’s description of the incident.
“Allowing people like Stephen Miller, among others, who represent the government and make tough decisions to make such comments will have long-term consequences. … I did not vote for this!” he continued.
Garcia rallying support from Latino voters to help Trump get elected in 2016 Trump, who served in Trump’s first term at the Department of Homeland Security, last year blasted what he called “inhumane” tactics to achieve deportation goals.
His comments mark the latest sign of growing frustration Trump’s immigration The situation comes as the fallout from the Minnesota shootings grows, as observers warn the issue could have a lasting impact on November’s high-stakes midterms.
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