‘Domestic Extremist Organization’: Stephen Miller Rips Dems While DC Saw ‘Body After Body After Body’ Before Trump

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller ripped into Democrats on Fox News’ “Hannity” Monday for pushing back against President Donald Trump for cracking down on crime, saying Washington, D.C. saw “body after body after body” before the National Guard was deployed.

Trump announced the deployment of the National Guard to the nation’s capital on Aug. 11. Democrats have pushed back. Host Sean Hannity pointed out to Miller that Chicago Democratic leaders are now rallying against Trump’s idea to possibly bring in the National Guard to control the city’s crime. Hannity asked Miller for his reaction.

“The Democrat Party does not fight for, care about or represent American citizens,” Miller said. “It is an entity devoted exclusively to the defense of hardened criminals, gangbangers and illegal alien killers and terrorists. The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.”

“Look at Chicago. They’ve shut down the police department. They’ve handcuffed law enforcement. And as President Trump says, they have turned the streets of Chicago into a bloody killing field here in Washington, D.C. Before President Trump launched the federal law enforcement liberation in D.C., there was a murder on the streets of this town every other day. Body after body after body after body. That was Washington, D.C.” Miller added.

On Friday, Trump announced that he would consider deploying the National Guard to Chicago, calling the city a “mess” and adding that the people of Chicago are “screaming for us to come.” However, in a press conference on Monday, both Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back against the president’s concerns, with Johnson touting a decrease in crime. (RELATED: ‘Doesn’t Feel Like A Hellhole’: J.B. Pritzker Tries To Gaslight Everyone Into Thinking Chicago Is Safe)

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Chicago Police Department data through Aug. 16 reportedly shows homicides in the city trending down 25% over the last 12 months compared to 2023. The frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic, according to ABC7 Chicago. Data from the outlet shows that in the last 12 months through Aug. 16, there have been 474 homicides, with an average yearly homicide rate of 722 between 2021 and 2023.

According to a White House press release, the city has had the highest “murder rate among U.S. cities with more than one million people” for seven consecutive years, with Chicago also being labeled as having the “most murders of any U.S. city” for 13 consecutive years.

Miller went on to say how Washington, D.C., has been cleaned up since Trump’s orders, calling it the “safest” it’s “ever been in its entire history.”

“Residents were afraid to go to restaurants. They were afraid to go into entire neighborhoods. They were getting carjacked, right and left, robbed and beaten. That was Washington, D.C. Now we’re two weeks homicide free,” Miller said. “The safest this city has ever been in its entire history. And the Democrats, instead of jumping up and down and saying, ‘Thank you, President Trump. Thank you for saving our lives. Thank you for saving our cities. Thank you for scrubbing away all the graffiti, the trash, the homeless encampments, the druggies.’”

“Instead of cleaning up the city, instead of thanking him for that, they’re saying, ‘President Trump, how dare you save our lives? How dare you save our children? How dare you save our city?’ The Democrat Party, Sean, that exists today, it disgusts me. I do not recognize that party,” Miller said.

Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard and invoke Section 40 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act followed after a slew of crimes in Washington, D.C. had drawn national attention. Among some were the brutal attack against a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer and the fatal June 30 shooting of Republican intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.

While Democrats and legacy media pundits have said Washington, D.C.’s crime dropped 35% in 2024, citing local police data, the statistics left out crimes such as felony and aggravated assault. In July, the Metropolitan Police Department said an investigation was opened against D.C. police Commander Michael Pulliam for allegedly altering crime statistics in his district, according to NBC Washington.

Despite the pushback from Democrats, a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday reported that 54% of registered voters said Trump’s crime-fighting efforts in the nation’s capital are “justified and necessary.”

According to U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro on Monday, the federal takeover in the nation’s capital has led to 1,007 arrests and 111 illegal firearm confiscations.

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