Daniel Hampton
April 14, 2026
RAW STORY
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser in the Trump administration, sparked online backlash Tuesday night when he told Fox News the Democratic Party "controls its members through blackmail."
Miller joined Jesse Watters on his eponymous show to discuss the fallout of the resignations of Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who were both accused of sexual misconduct with staffers.
"Couldn't have happened to a better person," Miller quipped over Swalwell's "bad week."
Miller then lobbed a wild theory.
"The most important part about this story — and look, Swalwell is a scumbag, he is a terrible person, the worst of the worst, the lowest of the low, the most dishonest of the most dishonest — but the real story here," Miller said, pointing a finger, "is how the Democrat party controls its members through blackmail."
"It's got a blackmail file on all of its politicians and it uses them to leverage and control them until it's time to release it," Miller declared. "That is how sick and twisted the Democrat Party is."
The bizarre theory echoes similar conspiracies that have followed the Epstein case.
And the internet predictably had thoughts about the comments.
Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan replied, "Every Republican accusation is a confession."
Conservative attorney and Democratic Congressional candidate George Conway replied on X, ".@StephenM is a sick man, exhibit number 2,459,729."
Behavioral scientist Caroline Orr Bueno wrote on X, "Of course, Republicans would never blackmail each other. Putin is in charge of that."
"Jeopardy!" champion and YouTuber Hemant Mehta added, "Given that everything this administration says is projection…"
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser in the Trump administration, sparked online backlash Tuesday night when he told Fox News the Democratic Party "controls its members through blackmail."
Miller joined Jesse Watters on his eponymous show to discuss the fallout of the resignations of Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who were both accused of sexual misconduct with staffers.
"Couldn't have happened to a better person," Miller quipped over Swalwell's "bad week."
Miller then lobbed a wild theory.
"The most important part about this story — and look, Swalwell is a scumbag, he is a terrible person, the worst of the worst, the lowest of the low, the most dishonest of the most dishonest — but the real story here," Miller said, pointing a finger, "is how the Democrat party controls its members through blackmail."
"It's got a blackmail file on all of its politicians and it uses them to leverage and control them until it's time to release it," Miller declared. "That is how sick and twisted the Democrat Party is."
The bizarre theory echoes similar conspiracies that have followed the Epstein case.
And the internet predictably had thoughts about the comments.
Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan replied, "Every Republican accusation is a confession."
Conservative attorney and Democratic Congressional candidate George Conway replied on X, ".@StephenM is a sick man, exhibit number 2,459,729."
Behavioral scientist Caroline Orr Bueno wrote on X, "Of course, Republicans would never blackmail each other. Putin is in charge of that."
"Jeopardy!" champion and YouTuber Hemant Mehta added, "Given that everything this administration says is projection…"
Stephen Miller using ‘less visible’ immigration strategies after backlash: analyst
Nicole Charky-Chami
April 14, 2026
Nicole Charky-Chami
April 14, 2026
RAW STORY
Stephen Miller's aggressive immigration policy has led to disastrous outcomes and criticism, forcing him to change course, an analyst explained on Tuesday.
The White House deputy chief of staff has had to develop a new strategy for the Trump administration's immigration policy, according to a new New York Times report and video featuring White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
Miller's different approach involves zeroing in on social services fraud and placing less emphasis on deportation raids. He recently joined Vice President JD Vance at a White House event on the anti-fraud task force centered on the administration's crackdown on immigrants who were abusing benefits and allegedly committing fraud, Kanno-Youngs reported.
"The people at this table are all united in absolute determination to stop this plague of fraud, criminality and abuse," Miller said at the event.
This move has been on Miller's mind all along, Kanno-Youngs explained.
"Miller has long tried to establish a link between immigrants and fraud, but there was a legitimate case of fraud in Minnesota that presented an ideal opportunity to ramp up these attacks," Kanno-Youngs said.
"However, the anti-fraud task force is also just one piece of a much broader effort that Stephen Miller is pursuing to make the lives of immigrants without legal status so uncomfortable that they end up leaving the country voluntarily," Kanno-Youngs explained. "This shift is largely the result of the political backlash that the administration faced after the deportation raids in Minneapolis. Stephen Miller is now focused on advancing policies that can target how immigrants access public housing."
Miller has also started questioning how immigrants use credit cards and has started working with different state officials, including Tennessee, to try and limit how immigrants access hospitals and social service agencies. In Texas, he's been asking how children of immigrants access public schools.
"These less visible policies are incredibly impactful," Kanno-Youngs added.
Stephen Miller's aggressive immigration policy has led to disastrous outcomes and criticism, forcing him to change course, an analyst explained on Tuesday.
The White House deputy chief of staff has had to develop a new strategy for the Trump administration's immigration policy, according to a new New York Times report and video featuring White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
Miller's different approach involves zeroing in on social services fraud and placing less emphasis on deportation raids. He recently joined Vice President JD Vance at a White House event on the anti-fraud task force centered on the administration's crackdown on immigrants who were abusing benefits and allegedly committing fraud, Kanno-Youngs reported.
"The people at this table are all united in absolute determination to stop this plague of fraud, criminality and abuse," Miller said at the event.
This move has been on Miller's mind all along, Kanno-Youngs explained.
"Miller has long tried to establish a link between immigrants and fraud, but there was a legitimate case of fraud in Minnesota that presented an ideal opportunity to ramp up these attacks," Kanno-Youngs said.
"However, the anti-fraud task force is also just one piece of a much broader effort that Stephen Miller is pursuing to make the lives of immigrants without legal status so uncomfortable that they end up leaving the country voluntarily," Kanno-Youngs explained. "This shift is largely the result of the political backlash that the administration faced after the deportation raids in Minneapolis. Stephen Miller is now focused on advancing policies that can target how immigrants access public housing."
Miller has also started questioning how immigrants use credit cards and has started working with different state officials, including Tennessee, to try and limit how immigrants access hospitals and social service agencies. In Texas, he's been asking how children of immigrants access public schools.
"These less visible policies are incredibly impactful," Kanno-Youngs added.
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