Adam Hamilton: Stephen Miller as New Chief of Staff Is ‘Really Odd’ Since the Midterms Is a ‘Repudiation’ of Trump’s Far-Right Policies

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HAMILTON: "You know, I'm actually surprised that he did that, because the election was a repudiation of so much of what Trump has stood for, and I think so much of that was designed by Stephen Miller. So the idea of making him chief of staff seems really odd to me. And it's concerning. It's almost a doubling down. Well, it feels like a doubling down on what the first two years of the Trump administration have done. And what I appreciate is the fact that people in my state, which is typically a pretty red state, have said, 'This is not okay. This is not who we are.' And when it comes to ICE -- you mentioned immigration -- when it comes to ICE, in the southwest part of the state, where the meatpacking industry is, and so much of the livestock industry is located there, you know, even before the election, nine Republican state legislators had sent a letter to the president saying, 'What's happening is not okay. This is not -- this is not how we treat our neighbors. This is not -- this is bad for our businesses down here.' And three of those counties in that part, in southwest Kansas, went for me. There was a huge swing, 52-point swing from 2024 to this election in terms of people in those counties saying, 'What's happening in Washington, D.C., and the policies that are happening here, parents who are afraid to pick up their children after school because they're afraid they will be arrested, I mean, it was just so many stories of things that happened there that weren't right. And I -- it just makes me -- I'm surprised that the president is doubling down on that."