Talk-show host Samantha Bee on Wednesday attacked President Trump
Donald John TrumpWayfair refutes QAnon-like conspiracy theory that it's trafficking children Stone rails against US justice system in first TV interview since Trump commuted his sentence Federal appeals court rules Trump admin can't withhold federal grants from California sanctuary cities MORE’s senior policy adviser Stephen Miller as the reason for the three-day government shutdown.
Donald John TrumpWayfair refutes QAnon-like conspiracy theory that it's trafficking children Stone rails against US justice system in first TV interview since Trump commuted his sentence Federal appeals court rules Trump admin can't withhold federal grants from California sanctuary cities MORE’s senior policy adviser Stephen Miller as the reason for the three-day government shutdown. The TBS host branded it the “The Miller Shutdown,” blaming Trump’s key immigration adviser and calling him a "political smallpox blanket."
Bee first mockingly called Miller a “real American success story” for sticking to his conservative beliefs and earning a position in Trump's inner circle.
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“He is the exact same racist a--hole he’s been since childhood," Bee said. "But now he has the president’s ear and has the power to ruin thousands of people’s lives.”
Miller and chief of staff John Kelly
John Francis KellyMORE reportedly pushed Trump to avoid cutting a deal with Democrats to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program ahead of the deadline to fund the government last week.
John Francis KellyMORE reportedly pushed Trump to avoid cutting a deal with Democrats to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program ahead of the deadline to fund the government last week. Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Argentum - All eyes on Florida as daily COVID-19 cases hit 15K Democrats see immigration reform as topping Biden agenda Graham says he will call Mueller to testify before Senate panel about Russia probe MORE (R-S.C.) criticized Miller for “yanking back” negotiations with Trump, saying that “as long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we are going nowhere.”
Lindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Argentum - All eyes on Florida as daily COVID-19 cases hit 15K Democrats see immigration reform as topping Biden agenda Graham says he will call Mueller to testify before Senate panel about Russia probe MORE (R-S.C.) criticized Miller for “yanking back” negotiations with Trump, saying that “as long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we are going nowhere.”White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders scoffed at Graham’s remark, saying it was “ridiculous” to blame Miller for the stalled negotiations.
