House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday that Democrats will not work with Stephen Miller, days after President Trump named his longtime adviser White House chief of staff.
Jeffries, who is set to take over as Speaker of the House in January, called Miller’s promotion after Tuesday’s midterm elections “an awful choice.”
The Democrat leader told Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week” that Miller’s arrival rules out any potential cooperation with the Trump administration due to his “extremism.”
“There’s not going to be any opportunity, certainly, to work with Stephen Miller and what he represents,” Jeffries said. “And we’re committed to forcefully pushing back against the extremism that they may try to continue to unleash on the American people.”
Miller is replacing Trump’s former Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, whom Jeffries said he communicated with frequently. That line of contact will not carry over, he told ABC.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls President Trump appointing Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff an “irresponsible decision.”
“There’s not going to be any opportunity to work with Stephen Miller and what he represents. We’re committed to forcefull...