A CNN anchor and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller got into a fiery exchange Monday afternoon after the anchor challenged him, with Miller saying, "You walked right into that one!"
CNN's Boris Sanchez interviewed Miller and questioned what the administration planned to do in Oregon, pushing back on claims that the administration is going after terrorist organizations and questioning why the National Guard isn't heading to Dallas, Texas, after a sniper shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
That's when Miller got visibly upset — raising his voice and yelling over Sanchez.
"Because the Dallas Police Department and the governor of Texas — wow, you walked right into that one — have responded to every call for assistance and help," Miller claimed. "They gave a stand-down order in Chicago, and they gave a stand-down order in Portland. Do you realize that there is 11,000 federal law enforcement officers in Oregon? That's larger than the size of the FBI; local and state police are resourced to deal with this kind of riotous assembly, but they have refused. They've been given a stand-down order. So they've arrested some 70 people since June."
Miller also claimed an "orchestrated campaign of terrorism and violence against ICE officers," named the Dallas attack, and also alleged that people are publishing photos of ICE agents' families and "threatening them with murder or threatening with death."
"And they're physically attacking them in the street each and every day," Miller said. "And yet, shamefully, the mayor and governor in Portland and Oregon have refused to render aid, leaving ice officers to street fight every single night against these terrorists."
He said the administration has the right to federalize the National Guard. And then Sanchez pushed back again. He asked for evidence this time about an alleged "domestic terrorism" campaign.
"You are going to charge someone with terrorism?" Sanchez questioned.
"I'd like to," Miller responded, and then clarified that no actual charges are underway.
