Sen.
Thom Tillis (R-NC) used a Sunday appearance on CNNs State of the Union to argue that senior White House adviser Stephen Miller should step aside, calling him a big problem within President Donald Trumps administration.
According to Breitbart, Tillis expressed concern that Miller has exercised excessive sway over key decisions and messaging coming from the White House. Tillis said, It gives me pause that you had people like Stephen Miller calling the shots, that actually, I believe that maybe Kristi Noem acted on. It was Stephen Miller that was talking about a terrorist brandishing a gun. It was Stephen Miller who said it was the position of United States that we should go after Greenland.
The North Carolina Republican went further, arguing that Millers style has repeatedly created unnecessary political headaches for President Trump and his team. Its Stephen Miller thats been repeatedly responsible for embarrassments for the President of the United States, by acting too quickly, speaking first and thinking later. I dont think Markwayne goes to the podium and repeat something that Stephen Miller says. I think Stephen Miller has demonstrated. He, too, is out of his depth. And I think I think Markwayne will learn from that, Tillis said.
Pressed by host Jake Tapper, who asked, Do you think Stephen Miller should go? Tillis did not hesitate. Tillis said, Oh, of course I do.
Tillis later criticized Millers priorities and his reach inside the administration, suggesting that capable conservative cabinet officials are being constrained by staff-level interference. He added, Not only does Stephen really want to just paint a picture, hes not worried about substance. Hes more worried about form. But I also think that he has an outsized influence over the operations of the cabinet. And I believe weve got qualified cabinet members there that sometimes are doing less than what they want to because of his direction and his outsized influence. Hes a big problem in this administration. He has been from the beginning. But Noem is a Senate-confirmed cabinet member. She should have been independent.
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