Miller: President Trump… I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday pic.twitter.com/RqxmbT8jx5
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 26, 2022
A charitable explanation would be that Mary Miller (R, IL-15) flubbed her script. Anyone can make a mistake, and the speaker here is dumber than a box of rocks. Given the tenor of her remarks about the city of Chicago, “white life” might be a Freudian slip (the quiet part out loud). Whatever. It would be a shame if this glaring moment were to go unnoticed. It hasn’t.
Mary Miller is a disgrace to her district, her state, her party, her country, and the universe. Here’s a Chicago Tribune article that recounts various Miller missteps, beginning with “Hitler was right on one thing” and ending with “white life.”
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The official explanation, from a campaign spokesman (because Miller never takes questions from the press): “a mix-up of words.” And: “Her campaign noted that she is the grandmother of several nonwhite grandchildren, including one with Down syndrome.” White being, for Miller and company, the default setting.
Miller also referred in her remarks to “global elites.” And we know what that coded language signals.
Related reading
All OCA Mary Miller posts (Pinboard)
[Post title with apologies to a venerable name in beer.]
comments: 3
Is it possible she meant "right to life" but had a big ole Freudian slip?
Robert Reich published an interesting take on the R's obsession with sex awhile back: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-republicans-are-obsessed-with
I'd often wondered the same during the whole Kenneth Starr/ Bill Clinton debacle.
kirsten
Perfect.
What did she mean to say? “Right to” life?
Yes, she was apparently supposed to say “right to life.” The crowd’s non-response to “white life” might suggest that they were fine with it or that they need better listening skills. Remember Trump’s “Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports”?
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