Stephen Miller asks when America has tolerated 'riotous assemblies around government buildings.' The internet responds

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Stephen Miller has forgotten about Jan. 6. I wonder why?

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/stephen-miller-asks-when-america-has-tolerated-riotous-assemblies-around-government-buildings-the-internet-responds/ar-AA1NYeqb

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has prompted a wave of outrage and mockery online Monday for claiming in

comments about ongoing protests against federal agents that the U.S. has never tolerated “unlawful riotous assemblies” at federal buildings.

“When in our history have we tolerated unlawful riotous assemblies night after night around FBI buildings, or ATF buildings, or DEA buildings?” Miller said during an interview on CNN. “This is the textbook definition of domestic terrorism.”

As many online were quick to point out, one of the first actions of the second Trump administration was to cancel prosecutions or issue pardons to over 1,500 people who were involved in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Hill in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.

“We’re drawing a blank, let us get back to you Stephen,” the Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee wrote on X, posting a photo showing demonstrators with batons and shields trying to force their way past a group of police defending a door into the Capitol during the riot.

ICE officers have indeed faced violent threats during the second Trump administration, including a sniper-style attack on an immigration office in Dallas last month that killed two detainees, but no mass protest against the agency has matched the violence of the Capitol riot.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. According to Trump, this was okay. So I don't see what the problem is with a peaceful protest, Stephen.

Link to tweet

[Clouds Passing]

2. January 6, 2021

[Uncle Joe]

7. A day so infamous that it will live in Republican short term memory.

[popsdenver]

9. AND

Another day that will live in 'Infamy"..........

[COL Mustard]

10. I just coined a new word: Inflamy.

It's what happens when you use a day of infamy to inflame the passions of the simple minded. Feel free to adopt it and use it as your own!

[popsdenver]

13. Thx COL

I WILL.....!!!!!!!!!!!

[niyad]

21. Adopting it now!

[SWBTATTReg]

3. He has such a little mind as to history, doesn't he?

He's a worthless toad.

[niyad]

22. No, but he knows that the magats do.

[Blue Owl]

4. Um, DUH!!!

What a stupid fuck.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. That wasn't "allowed", that was planned, facilitated, and encouraged. Hell, Turnip was cheering them online. nt

[malaise]

12. And then he pardoned them

That is all

[wishstar]

6. The President on Jan 6 2021 failed to order National Guard to control the attack on Capitol

The hypocrisy and gaslighting is staggering

[returnee]

19. I would love it if a judge would cite that fact...

…in a ruling over National Guard troops being activated now.

[AZLD4Candidate]

8. Sons of Liberty. The Klan. The Know Nothings. Pinkerton Detectives during worker strikes

Wounded Knee. Camp Grant. Bisbee Deportation. The burning of Black Wall Street in Tulsa. Jesse Washington's lynching. 1968 DNC in Chicago. Kent State. Japanese Americans in concentration camps during WW2. Mountain Meadows. Trail of Tears. Long March of the Navajo. Sand Creek. The retaliation for Nat Turner's Rebellion. The entire Civil War.

Stevie failed basic history.

[niyad]

23. No, but he knows that the magats did.

[aggiesal]

11. An administration of complete idiots. Miller definitely forgot to take is Irony Deficient tablets this morning. n/t

[mwb970]

14. Do they even hear themselves when they speak?

What horrible, grotesque people surround the Ahole-in-Chief!

[flvegan]

15. Is his wife still banging Elon Musk?

Some folks are saying she at least was at some point, just curious about the status.

Just asking questions.

[leftstreet]

17. Ew. Some of us are eating right now

[Oneironaut]

16. He knows, tbh

They love to taunt us with what they're doing, and, how they perceive us to be powerless to stop it. They want you to know that they're above the law, and, they flaunt it.

[valleyrogue]

18. This guy isn't just evil, he is clinically batshit.

I wouldn't be surprised if he is a Holocaust denier, he is that crazy.

[Paladin]

20. I thought Miller was supposed to be the smartest nazi in the White House.

He sure led with his chin on this matter. His being seemingly oblivious to 1/6/2021 is a hopeful sign.

[niyad]

24. No. He just knows that the magats are that stupid.

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[William Seger]

26. Whoever won that competition is still an idiot

[rurallib]

25. Back when I was a kid {o gawd here he goes again}

there were all these people that showed up when black people tried to march for their civil rights.

Little Rock, Selma, Oxford Mississippi - oh I could go on and on

[Trueblue Texan]

27. Hasn't Miller ever seen a group of enthusiastic tourists before?

[Dave Bowman]

28. Dear Steve, go to hell.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. Stephen Miller says that never in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Why Stephen Miller's weird vision of a vast left-wing conspiracy matters

The deputy chief of staff’s conspiratorial vision is ridiculous, but given his position in the White House, it’d be a mistake to ignore it.

Why Stephen Miller’s weird vision of a vast left-wing conspiracy matters

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— (@gypsydaveh.bsky.social) 2025-10-07T22:50:39.798Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/stephen-millers-weird-vision-vast-left-wing-conspiracy-matters-rcna236217

A couple of months ago, Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s notorious deputy chief of staff, offered an unsubtle assessment of the political opposition. “The Democrat [sic] Party is not a political party,” he said in August. “It is a domestic extremist organization.”.....

On Saturday afternoon, Miller took additional steps down the same right-wing path. “The Democrat [sic] Party has filled our legal and judicial system with radicals who protect leftwing terrorists,” the White House official wrote online. “This is a very real and dire crisis for our Republican form of government.”

Less than an hour later, he kept going, publishing this related missive:

The issue before is [sic] now is very simple and clear. There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat [sic] judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks.

.....A day later, according to an NBC News tally, Miller used the word “insurrection” at least 12 times over the course of Monday.

“The essence of post-liberalism is the rejection of the notion that some neutral standards of conduct apply to all parties,” The Atlantic’s Jon Chait explained in his latest column. “Miller, like Trump, appears to believe his side stands for what is right and good, and his opponents stand for what is evil. Any methods used by Trump are ipso facto justified, and any methods used against him illegitimate.”

There might be a temptation to shrug this off, but that would be a mistake. There’s a growing body of evidence that suggests Miller isn’t just a hyper-partisan anti-immigration zealot, he also appears to be a leading White House official with a decision-making role related to military resources.

The deputy chief of staff’s vision of a vast left-wing conspiracy is obviously weird and fantastical, but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant.

[spanone]

31. Dumbfuck steve.