WH Deputy Chief of Staff Warns ‘Unelected Bureaucracy’ Is the Greatest Threat to Democracy
Stephen Miller schools WH press on presidential powers in fiery briefing, earning conservative cheers.
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“You’re tempting me to say very harsh things about some of our media friends,” he began. “It is true that many of the people in this room for four years failed to cover the fact that Joe Biden was mentally incompetent and was not running the country.”
“It is also true that many people in this room who have used this talking point that Elon is not elected fail to understand how government works. So I’m glad for the opportunity for a brief civics lesson,” he continued.
“A president is elected by the whole American people. He’s the only official in the entire government that is elected by the entire nation, right? Judges are appointed. Members of Congress are elected at the district or state level. The Constitution, Article II has a clause known as the Vesting Clause. And it says the executive power shall be vested in a president, singular. The whole will of democracy is imbued into the elected president. That president then appoints staff to then impose that democratic will onto the government.”
Miller went on to describe what he felt was the true threat.
“The threat to democracy, indeed the existential threat to democracy, is the unelected bureaucracy of lifetime-tenured civil servants who believe they answer to no one, who believes [sic] they can do whatever they want without consequence, who believes they can set their own agenda no matter what Americans vote for,” he said.
Miller went on to call out FBI, Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department bureaucrats who “don’t want to change” despite Americans voting in favor of radical reform.
“What President Trump is doing is he is removing federal bureaucrats who are defying democracy by failing to implement his lawful orders, which are the will of the whole American people,” he concluded.
Some conservative X users praised Miller’s answer as a pushback against biased reporters.
Comedian Tim Young wrote, “Stephen Miller torches the media and calls them out on now knowing how the government works: ‘I’m glad for an opportunity for a brief civics lesson.’ I loved every second of this.”
“Stephen Miller goes straight Schoolhouse Rock!” Knox County Mayor Glen Jacobs exclaimed.
“He’s right, you know,” National Review senior writer Dan McLaughlin remarked.
Mo. Sen. Josh Hawley’s communications director, Abigail Jackson, wrote, “I love this clip of @StephenM calling the media out to their faces about their refusal to cover Biden’s mental incompetence. So good.”
