The Stephen Miller Story: From Pestering Latino Students in High School to Drafting Muslim Ban
democracynow.org - A new investigation by Univision shows how President Trump’s senior White House policy adviser, 31-year-old Stephen Miller, was well known at his Santa Monica High School for heckling his fellow Hispanic classmates, including telling them to speak only English. He’s now best known as one of the architects behind Trump’s Muslim travel ban. For more, we speak with one of Miller’s former classmates, Cynthia Santiago, the first Latina president of the school’s Associated Student Body and now an immigration defense lawyer who has been helping people impacted by Trump’s travel ban. We also speak with Univision reporter Fernando Peinado. His recent piece is titled "How White House advisor Stephen Miller went from pestering Hispanic students to designing Trump’s immigration policy."
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I firmly believe that Mr. Miller is not sane.
@adilq399
7 жыл бұрын
I second that
@bilfo71
7 жыл бұрын
I firmly believe he's related to Goebbels
@lg2971
7 жыл бұрын
Ryan Ortega the Hitler Youth live on through Stephen Miller
@zatoichi3134
7 жыл бұрын
Sam, i mentioned exactly that on the 'Late Show' taping yesterday just don't forget Baghdad Bob = Spicer, Tokyo Rose = Kellyanne, history repeating itself. peace
@marctez
7 жыл бұрын
Sam ,I thought the same thing, look at side by side photos.
the crazies are running the asylum
@velez7267
7 жыл бұрын
THE WHITE house is the asylum ...
@robt400
7 жыл бұрын
Luis V very good. you're a quick learner!
@Barzins1
7 жыл бұрын
Donald J Drumpf they have been for a while. Now with Obama gone, the last bit of sanity has disappeared.
@mysunnybird
7 жыл бұрын
This is a great comment. funny
@chanceifer5600
7 жыл бұрын
This pencil dick and Milo of Alt-right should be butt buddies
No wonder Trump's inauguration speech sounded dark and sinister...
@ycc6472
7 жыл бұрын
Steven Miller would certainly be Cult Leader Jim Jones top Poison Kool-air mixer if the cult was still alive! This is beyond scary a Republicans better wake up.
@conchitareyes790
7 жыл бұрын
He is crazy !! The man is a Neo Nazi !! Wait when he comes for your family!! He needs a straight jacket !!
@rutherglen7226
7 жыл бұрын
Conchita Reyes haha. Love your jokes!
dead eyed Goebbels 2.o I can't believe we have someone like this is shaping policy in our country
@Arahansannihilation
7 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the shit show!
@Barzins1
7 жыл бұрын
snakey973 we won't let him.
@CitizenofDystopia
7 жыл бұрын
The guy is literally Jewish and you're comparing him to a Nazi?
@arturorobles8652
7 жыл бұрын
He looks like Peewee.
@louisebodnar3920
7 жыл бұрын
huge jarse b
So unreal, to see this in America. Just incredible....
@HS-ie8tj
7 жыл бұрын
Bret Fisher This is what America has been for the African American community for hundreds of years. Welcome to reality.
@bretfisher7286
7 жыл бұрын
P D: It's infuriating to run into this brick wall of moral obtuseness. I guess I do know a bit more now, P D..
@allardfreichmann3733
7 жыл бұрын
Don't be baffled. It will happen over and over again unless people work together for justice.
@felipesolis2609
7 жыл бұрын
Bret Fisher this is our continent.. then u came n its not the same anymore. sad cuz we were just fine
@bretfisher7286
7 жыл бұрын
Felipe Solis: Empire is a fact, and unfortunately, your complaint isn't relevant today, here and now. Resenting what will never change is useless. So, I wouldn't waste any time lamenting imperialism. I would spend time on creating justice here and now.
The more I see and hear this-this, this person, the more creepy he gets. He truly is insane.
Miller explained himself pretty well. "I will say and I will do things that no one else in their right mind would say or do."
@cwonderland6259
7 жыл бұрын
Which also explains perfectly how he got his current position in the administration.
A pathologically disturbed individual in a power position -- a compulsive fascist!
@michaelpreston233
6 жыл бұрын
Just a typical Rethugliklan.
Stephen Miller: Running for the position of second most disliked person in America!!!
his classmate pulled his simple ass off the stage back then. we can do the same.
Who the hell proudly yells about not picking up their own trash aside from upset 3 year olds? I can see why Trump picked him from that alone because that's insanely bratty and petty.
I used to have a bit of respect for any white house official but this shit is ridiculius
@dloyfwaymeather977
7 жыл бұрын
ridiculous
At 31 years of age what is he "senior" at ... exactly?
Miller reminds me of Goebbels
@Platos-Den
Жыл бұрын
So you demonize people you disagree with. Pat yourself on the back Saint Whats Your Face.
one word, Dictatorship
@atirx7317
7 жыл бұрын
Sara B - Yep. but what are Americans willing to do to stop this is the question. We have to do something and it has to be pretty substantial. these assholes don't care about protesting whining crying or logic. They are bullies and the only thing they recognize his Force.
@harleyquinn5774
7 жыл бұрын
Assassination. Assassinate all of these guys. We need to save our country from these monsters. The question is who is willing to earn themselves a one way ticket to death row by getting rid of these guys? Who is willing to make that ultimate sacrifice to save us?
@sarab2786
7 жыл бұрын
SanFranGirl1982, if Trump is assassinated, his followers, (aka, cult), will worship him as a martyr. I say, everyone who is against him and his policies should stand together and start a revolution. everyone should take to the streets and demand an impeachment.
@sarab2786
7 жыл бұрын
and a new election.
@TKRDRJ
7 жыл бұрын
Delusional
Believe me, there was "extreme vettings". Does anybody really think Miller would have gotten his position on Trump's campaign and now in the White House if he didn't held these views?
Sounds like it's a threat to all the people?
Miller needs to get laid...Trump, please let him put it in one time so he can calm down.
@SoccerFury08
7 жыл бұрын
Harold H LOL!
This is Apartheid South Africa all over again. They are using Vorsters playbook.
@jarls5890
7 жыл бұрын
+Brielle Jones - Let me enlighten you on Island Maids reply - It's neither "News" nor "Fake" - it's an opinion. Think before you type.
@manthasagittarius1
7 жыл бұрын
Jarl S -- Brielle is only getting paid to spell it right, not think about it.
@ellaineanderson5344
7 жыл бұрын
Brielle Jones - it's not even news idiot. Have you ever had an independent thought.. that parrot line is old. js
@limstephen4010
6 жыл бұрын
SM SUCKS..Y DUN D/T NGAGE ME 2 REPLACE TIS CHILDISH & STEREOTYPE ADVISER.IN APPRENTICE B4 HE BCAME PSIDENT I BLIF HE WOULD SAID "SM U R FIRED".TQ 4 SHARING
Stephen Miller is the Zodiac Killer
He is alluding to much more sinister repression to come. And you WILL not question it.
I know for a fact and from personal experience that appearences are misleading but this guy is damn scary
@clarice525
6 жыл бұрын
We could screen a movie on his huge forehead!
@Platos-Den
Жыл бұрын
The truth is scary isn't it.
the 31 year old virgin
Something's definitely off about this guy.
Miller is a freak
Holy moly! Are there any history buffs out there? This guy eerily reminds me of Reinhard Heydrich, who was the main architect of the "final solution" and to whom Hitler referred to as "the man with the iron heart". Miller even looks like Heydrich.
@kberken
7 жыл бұрын
Rory Gallagherfan. I was thinking of Joseph Goebbels. He even looks like him. He's a dangerous absolutist. He said that we will believe that the president is always 100%correct. Yikes.
@howard2347
Жыл бұрын
Yup. The likeness is startling. He is perfect for Trump. The scary thing is that both of them ,a pair of coo-coos, were the number 1 and 2 crazies in the presidential suite. The really frightening thing is , as remote as it may seem, they may be back in the same positions in 2024. Our country is in its most fragile position since it was formed ….a state is now refusing to certify a national election and some character is trying to emulate Hitler in his diatribe against The same religious group and eventually those non-white Americans that the’ final solution Hitler used
Trump picked the worst of the worst.
I was taught at home, school and camp to pick up my own trash! I would love to know if his parents are proud of him…
@elleelle1888
3 жыл бұрын
They are not. Read the speech his uncle wrote about him.
@Heraldo_Del_Mar
4 ай бұрын
In Japan, the schools there don't have janitors because the kids enrolled are taught to pick up after themselves. And they do so without a fuss or a pout. Perhaps Miller's parents should've shipped him off there to learn discipline as well.
Has anyone noticed how closely Stephen Miller resembles Vladimir Putin???
@rustlishkirashentik1511
7 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Khare looks like a jew to me
@tiluriso
6 жыл бұрын
The same cold, empty vacant robotic eyes/expressionless expression.
His cadences, his manner, his speech, are eerily similar to DJT. We all knew someone like this in school. His past, his family issues helped to cultivate his hatred. Paul Ryan, Chaffetz too many to count, People of good will have dropped the ball, when this type of pathology is allowed to rise among the ranks.
thank you AMY for giving us News
Why does everyone in the Trump administration seem to have problem with their hair? Look at Miller, you can have a Cinemax film viewed on that forehead and he's only 31 years old. Can you imagine these upcoming four years how that forehead is going to move!
@miamivicepastels83
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Gonzalez lmao i can't
@mancan1531
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Gonzalez That's not a forehead! It's a six or sevenhead!🤔
Stephen Miller clearly suffers from AHT.
Any one of the Sunday cable hosts could have calmly stopped the interview ans asked politely that he was heard and that whatever abuse he suffered in his youth that hastened such vitriol, hate and anger may be helped by psychiatric intervention.
Does Miller set off anyone else's gaydar bigly?
what is with all these psychopaths hating people's heritage and individualism?
@trickq5883
7 жыл бұрын
It's what America voted for.
I was surprised to find, after looking for him in staff photos from the Reagan Administration, that he is only 31. Have he and Alex Jones been giving their essence to the Skeksis?
OMG he's only 31! Poor chap, no life experience preaching to the population.
His parents must be so proud. Go interview them. I want to know what kind of people spawned this psycho.
@richardgentile5827
6 жыл бұрын
WriterusAeternus Apparently they’re very liberal. He just grew up to be a dick
If Stephen Miller doesn't give you the creeps... what the hell does that say about you?
Someone needs to check his basement for dead animals and kids held against their will. Maybe even dig up the ground around his house for bones......this man will do horrific things during his spare time. So scary.
What rock did this guy crawl out from under ?
Thanks for the background information. Keep up the good work.
Holy shit you have a video of a junior in high school acting like a junior in high school.
This guy is a classic need that got best up all the time in school and clearly no woman is paying attention to him. He needs a hug
@janluch782
7 жыл бұрын
How compassionate! lol
@alba-atheist
7 жыл бұрын
Chris Burke I'm sure you meant " he needs a slug ".
@ellaineanderson5344
7 жыл бұрын
allthings509 - Norman Bates.
@atirx7317
7 жыл бұрын
Chris Burke he needs his ass kicked. Fuck a hug !!! Unless its ta bear hug to break his ass !!!
I have never seen a mouth breather robot hybrid before
I find it ironic that in the back ground a bridge opens up to let a single yacht go by taking several minutes while it hold up common every day traffic
Lol look at him in his cowboy getup. Fucking hilarious.
What do we do when people who speak out against Trump start disappearing. Wait till they come for us?
Now the fun question. How do you deprogram someone like him?
@tiluriso
6 жыл бұрын
I don't think even 1,500 µg of pure Sandoz LSD would do it.
The guy looks like a younger Niko Bellic
Wow I just got out of Sweden in time, Just think last week I barely survived Bowling Green.
This guy hate every body who looks different then him.
Good job. Keep at it!
Even in that high school clip he was creepy and nasty. Looked like the lady dragged him off the stage. Thank you Cynthia Santiago.
Stephon Miller went to my school. He tried to run as student body president. In his speech, he claimed that the janitorial workers were way over paid. He promised he would reduce their pay if he won. One of the janitors turned his mic off before he was done with his ridiculous speech.
A Jewish policy adviser who is respected by the alt right. You can't make this stuff up.
Stephen Miller has been Cynthia Santiago's cross to bare since High School and still the cross she bares?!? Keep going Cynthia! My prayers are with you. You are a true American story of good vs. bad!
"31 years old" lmao holy shit
"Will not be questioned"?
I taught in Texas, among other states, including high school. If ANY of our students, at any grade had pulled that comment, they would have been in serious hot water. One kid popped off in my room about a custodian, (she was about 60 and very protective of the students even), and the other students nailed him..before I could get to him. His punishment...which the principals backed...wash every blackboard in our building of 10 classrooms daily for a week, all desks had to have the tops scrubbed..AND the custodian had to approve of the work done because a supervisor could come in and come down on the custodian if the work wasn't done correctly. She showed him how to do it, she helped him get started, and then we had her go work in the other building she did. When he was done, someone would get her and she would come back and check everything. His parents weren't the happiest of campers, but the alternative was 10 days in the alternative program, away from school, with parents bringing him and picking him up.. He also knew that if he stayed out of trouble the rest of his time in high school, it would be removed from his record. His butt was dragging for that week..and he learned a hard lesson. He also never got ino trouble again. I have a feeling that Miller's parents gave him 'license' to do stuff like that and thought it was 'amusing'.
From the WH - Flynn is gone, Manafort is gone, the MOOch is gone, Bannon is gone, Sebastian Gork is gone, Spicer is one, Priebus was gone and next is Miller. That guy gives me the creeps!
The States is at the point where the presidential adviser still uses his high school experiences in his resume. I really don't know what to say.
Miller's mom needs to be imprisoned for her gross negligence in raising this little boy
Thank you for exposing these white supremacists. Something must be done about these people..
Oh gosh...I can't believe Miller expects janitors to do their job. What nerve.
when trump is out of office and Stephen moves on to other political endeavors that don't involve security to such a degree i fear miller may get repeatedly punched in the face, sad
thank you Amy Goodman
when I was in high school people like him got the shit beat out of them, so how did he escape unharmed? he's not much younger than I am. people like him are supposed to GET BULLIED, not BE BULLIES.
Scripted and robotic? More like someone with conviction. He happened to be right. 9-0 SC decision.
what's wrong with expecting janitors to pick up the trash? they are employed to do just that
Let's judge on the present. Nobody I know wants to be judged on dumb stuff they said as a kid. This guy is bad enough today.
Miller's comments about janitors weren't offensive because the janitors were people of color as the apparently racist Univision reporter says, they were just plain offensive- color has nothing to do with it.
Miller is the best distraction trump has used so far...instant classic looking forward to SNL. Gotta love them haters. Goodluck everyone
Dead eyes
+Democracy Now! WHY did you remove what President Trump wrote here today?
I wonder if he ever got his ass kicked, he desperately needed it.
Even if you remove any racial connotations from his high school "Janitors should pick up our trash" speech, you'd still come away with a feeling of, "What an entitled, spoiled little prick." What I would like to know is: did Miller get through high school and not have a single person just beat the shit out of him? Not him being a target for bullies or mass ostracism, but some guy getting tired of his noise and giving Little Stevie a good stomping? Just like when a schoolyard bully loses his fire after finally getting stomped, maybe someone should have dropped Stephen Miller. He'd finally have had a sense of humility kicked into him. Maybe he wouldn't be the horrible person he is today, he'd have learned that his vitriolic spewing can come at a cost. That's it. I'm going to bribe Ivanka into giving him a wedgie three times a week. On the other two days, she dumps his books. (And twice a year, Kushner can stuff him in a locker.)
this show is only making Stephen Miller more popular.
Man it just gets darker, and darker.
At the 6 minute mark the attorney says Miller wrote that Latino students who lacked basic English skills struggled to get into honors classes. This is a rather uncontroversial position.
Pauly Shore has REALLY outdone himself this time, BRAVO!!!
Went to school with high number of POC. He was shunned, so he's lashing out. Better to get any attention than no attention. This dude's a punk striving to attain power to get back at society.
Watching him is a good reminder for me not to let my 7 year old drive the car.
go back to junior high? wow no one is safe LOL
FYI, one of the janitors also turned his mic off that day.
It all makes a degree of sense. Having grown up in LA county myself as an Asian American and around this same age group more or less, I met a few Stephen Miller like students and I'm fairly certain others raised here have probably done the same. Because LA county is particularly diverse, some areas more than others, combined with how high school culture tends to divide people into groups there's always a few students who end up scapegoating or even bullying other ethnicities in this "its us or them" kind of mentality. Especially since bussed in students from more poverty stricken areas, at least in the past, tended to be ethnic...there was this particular backlash attitude Caucasian students could get lured into adopting. Most don't, and the few who do usually get over that phase relatively quickly...but there's always a few students, very few, who seem to hold on to that. Maybe it's to supplement a lack of an ability to deal with people, I don't know; but they also sometimes learn to hide it in this veneer of sarcasm and improvised intellectualism. I even knew this one particular guy who was nice to me at first when I got to this particular jr high school, but as the years went by he started to become a lot nastier and uninclusive not just to me but certain others as well. He didn't specifically target other ethnic groups, but he did have a pretty blasé attitude about them, more than a few of the "why don't you speak English?" moments...usually done in a sarcastic way but...you know, not really. Then after a while, he got all valedictorian and learned to better cover it all up, but we all knew he didn't really change inside. It was this look he had that he just couldn't hide no matter how much text book speech and debate he tried to use to do so. And honestly, I kind of get the same impression from Miller.
@franklettering
7 жыл бұрын
Kiyosuki . .....inner hatred will find an outlet, Whether it's "legitimised" by a "figurehead" ,either in the "bully by proxy" form ,or social hierarchy in the alegience to nativistic hegemony .
"I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil. " - "Halloween" (1978)
I know a guy like miller. he killed my friend and got away with it. inhuman.
0:15 Jeeesus I've never seen such an emotionless face in my life. It's like there is nothing there.
Um... I was at Santa Monica High School that year. That was not at school.
Steven Miller kicks your collective asses while the rest of us laugh.
He almost looked normal when he still got his hair...
Hey it's Sheldon from Big Bang Theory.Wonder if he's going to want us to sign a roommate agreement?
These are not racist statements, but derogatory. However Miller enjoys being a provocateur.
Sounds like a Bond villain.
It is yet another measure of how rudderless the administration is that they would look at someone like Stephen Miller for a round of Sunday morning appearances and think, 'Yeah, he'll do fine'. There are only two notable things about Stephen Miller, apart from the fact that he's 31 going on 50. 1) He looks like Joseph Goebbels would look if he had been assimilated by the Borg. 2) The success of his television appearances in February 2017 can be measured by how often he has appeared on TV as White House spokesperson since.
Ya valió madre. Un representante de Univision.
what do they mean not questioned?
Sick and need help this kid.