Deputy chief of staff for policy and United States Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller spoke to members of the media on Monday about the continued deployment of federal authorities and National Guard units to cities across the country.
According to Miller, both agents and members of the military have faced growing violence and hate while fulfilling their duties in Democrat led cities. He noted that the high level of vitriol towards authorities would not be present in more conservative parts of the country, such as Dothan, Alabama.
“If tomorrow we went to, say, Dothan, Alabama, and there was a federal building there, and we put 100 police officers in front of it, it wouldn’t be attacked,” Miller said. “Nobody would throw rocks at them. Nobody would try to shoot them. Nobody would do anything. They would say, ‘Hello, good morning.’ Maybe they’d get them a cup of coffee … They’d ask, ‘How are your kids doing?”
Miller told reporters the deployment of the National Guard is meant to protect immigration authorities from increasingly hostile actions, which now include premeditated ambushes.
“And that the Democrats think that their own base cannot contain their desire to inflict violence upon the mere sight … the National Guard is not being sent there proactively, they’re being sent their reactively to defend ICE officers under siege,” he added.
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