Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, hit out at Saturday Night Live, claiming it is run by 'globalist overlords,' following a sketch in which Pete Davidson mocked Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan.
Stephen Miller's wife hit out at Saturday Night Live, claiming it is run by 'globalist overlords,' following a controversial sketch in which Pete Davidson mocked Border Czar Tom Homan.
Katie Miller panned the sketch in which Davidson's Homan meets Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit commanders 'in response to the chaotic situation in Minnesota,' as unfunny and not comedic.
'For over a decade, not only hasn't SNL been funny, but it's been [the] voice of woke corporate leftists and the elite - that's why the skits have devolved into drivel, no comedy,' she posted on X.
The political advisor then asked her followers to 'imagine if [SNL] actually mocked their globalist overlords, instead of bowing to their groupthink.'
'ICE are heroes,' she concluded.
But she was not the only viewer to deride the sketch comedy for its cold open on Saturday night, which came amid ongoing anti-ICE demonstrations following the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good during immigration operations in Minneapolis.
The sketch had sought to portray ICE agents as clueless, aggressive and dangerously ill-informed about their own mission.
It started with Davidson's Homan declaring that Border Patrol officer Greg Bovino was dismissed from his position in Minnesota not 'because he did a bad job or publicly lied about the shooting of an American citizen or even, oh dressed like a Nazi. It was that he was filmed doing these things.'
Trying to refocus the spoof ICE agents, Davidson's character then asked: 'Now, who could tell me why we're here in Minneapolis?'
One agent replied flatly: 'Pass.' Another said: 'This could be wrong, but Army?'
Davidson then responded: 'That's close. We're here to detain and deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes.'
'That is literally the first I'm hearing of that,' one said back.
When Davidson's Homan then turned his attention to ICE agents' use of force, one ICE agent started complaining about protesters in Minneapolis carrying guns.
Davidson then replies: 'Well, let's flip it around. How many of you went to a Stop the Steal protest with a loaded automatic weapon?'
The entire room of ICE agents then raised their hand.
Later in the sketch, James Austin Johnson's agent delivered the most pointed line of the night.
'You hired a bunch of angry, aggressive guys, gave us guns and didn't train us, so this is maybe what you wanted to happen?'
The sketch ended with Davidson attempting a motivational appeal.
'Can we do our jobs without violating anyone's rights as Americans?' he asks.
Kenan Thompson's agent replies simply: 'No.'
'Well, I had to ask,' Davidson says. 'Maybe just try not to get filmed?'
The sketch came as Stephen Miller faces strife in his own party about the immigration raids.
Florida State Senator Ileana Garcia, who stands to lose reelection in her swing district, even told The New York Times last week that she fears the Republicans could lose the midterms 'because of Stephen Miller.'
But Katie has stood by her husband's side, circulating his statement that pinned the blame for ICU nurse Pretti's death and Miller's remarks that he was an 'assassin' on Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security and its Customs and Border Protection.
'Any early comments made were based on information sent to the White House through CBP,' the deputy chief of staff told Axios.
He then claimed that the White House 'provided clear guidance to DHS' and said that the additional agents sent to Minnesota were meant to be used as 'force protection' to 'create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors.'
'We are examining why CBS was not following that protocol,' Miller added, which his wife - a former DHS spokesperson - added in a separate post on X.
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Stephen Miller admitted that Border Patrol agents may 'not have been following protocol' during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti as Kristi Noem appeared to blame him for the fallout.
Miller's remarks were a dramatic U-Turn just days after the top Trump aide lambasted the 37-year-old nurse as 'an assassin' who 'tried to murder federal agents.'
In a statement to The Daily Mail, Miller said: 'We are evaluating why the CBP team may not have been following that protocol.'
He added that the 'White House provided clear guidance to DHS that the extra personnel that had been sent to Minnesota for force protection should be used for conducting fugitive operations to create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors.'
Miller's comments came as Noem appeared to blame him for claims by her Department of Homeland Security that Pretti intended to 'massacre' immigration agents.
'Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen,' Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios.
Noem had said during a press conference Sunday that Pretti was 'brandishing a weapon' and called him a 'domestic terrorist' who intended to harm law enforcement officers.
Miller tried to defend himself in his statement to The Daily Mail by claiming: 'The initial statement from DHS was based on reports from CBP on the ground.'
He added that the extra personnel sent to Minnesotafor DHS was to be used for 'conducting fugitive operations to create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors.'
Miller was not present Monday night when Trump held a two-hour meeting with key advisors at Noem's request.
In the meeting, one source told Axios that Noem 'made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president' and said she feels hung out to dry.
Continue reading on Miller's U-turn here:
Stephen Miller claimed that local law enforcement in Minneapolis has been 'ordered to stand down and surrender' amid local protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Miller is the architect of Donald Trump's immigration policy and has strongly backed ICE in the wake of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis woman Renee Good earlier this month.
New York Post columnist Miranda Devine claimed that 'local cops have gone AWOL' after Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said his city was 'under siege' from ICE agents.
Miller wrote in response on social media Monday: 'Only federal officers are upholding the law. Local and state police have been ordered to stand down and surrender.'
A spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department told The Daily Mail they had not gotten such an order. 'Those claims are untrue,' Sergeant Garrett Parten said.
The Daily Mail has also reached out to Mayor Frey and ICE for comment. Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy and his homeland security adviser, has promised to oversee the 'largest deportation operation in American history' by targeting the country's estimated 11 million undocumented migrants.
He recently told The Charlie Kirk Show that protesters in Minnesota are trying to take down the Trump government.
'Understand that this is clearly an insurgency against the federal government.'
They are describing a federal government as an occupying force.
Just think about that for a second.' Miller added that they would seek charges 'not just against rioters but against government officials who are abetting and encouraging' riots.
His latest words come the day after a shocking protest at a St Paul church that saw Sunday services interrupted by left wing agitators.
Protesters interrupted Sunday service at Cities Church in St Paul, angrily demanding 'ICE out' and accusing a senior leader of the church of working with the agency.
One demonstrator said they were 'demanding justice for' Renee Good, the 37-year-old Minneapolis mother fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this month.