White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller doubled down Wednesday on his assertion that an "insurrection" is gripping Los Angeles by those who wish to thwart President Donald Trump's deportation policies.
Miller reposted a video of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass calling for ICE's deportation raids to stop "now."
"This is the rhetoric of insurrection," Miller posted Wednesday. "She’s saying: no peace until federal law enforcement withdraws from the city. No peace until all the illegal invaders are allowed to remain."
On Tuesday, as Trump mulled whether to invoke the Insurrection Act on the city, Miller used the inflammatory word again to describe Bass's comments.
Bass had said, "We need to stop the raids. This should not be happening in our city. It is not warranted and...the only thing it does is contribute to chaos. This was chaos that was started in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, the city was peaceful; on Friday, it was not because of the intervention of the federal government."
That sentiment caused Miller to melt down.
"The threat being made here by Mayor Bass is explicit," Miller wrote. "The Mayor of LA is effectively saying the mob violence is caused by the mere presence of ICE in the city and the violence against ICE will not stop unless federal law enforcement is withdrawn from the city. This is the definition of insurrection."
Miller accused Bass of allowing "mobs to target ICE with impunity," while denying "the bedrock constitutional command of one national government."
Bass has not called on Los Angelenos to "target ICE with impunity."
Bass has repeatedly called for calm, saying Tuesday, “The violence and the damage is unacceptable. It is not going to be tolerated, and individuals will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
MAGA lined up to cheer Miller on.
@warclandestine wrote on social media, "They are obstructing the duly elected POTUS from enforcing the law and enacting the will of The People. And they are encouraging others to obstruct and riot. Arrest them."
@Biblesscholars wrote, "She is leading the riots. She needs to be arrested," while @IntrepidNewsUS posted, "Bass needs to be prosecuted. Come on @DHSgov, let’s make newsomes [sic] dream come true and hold these people accountable for their lawlessness."