{"id":2403953,"date":"2025-02-18T19:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-miller-shouts-at-cnn-anchor-in-heated-interview-over-doge-findings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T19:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:03:27","slug":"stephen-miller-shouts-at-cnn-anchor-in-heated-interview-over-doge-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-miller-shouts-at-cnn-anchor-in-heated-interview-over-doge-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Miller shouts at CNN anchor in heated interview over DOGE findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-miller-shouts-at-cnn-anchor-in-heated-interview-over-doge-findings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent heated interview on\u2062 CNN, Stephen Miller, the\u200b White \u2062House deputy chief of staff, confronted anchor Brianna\u2064 Keilar regarding the Trump administration&#8217;s policies \u200con federal spending and government accountability. Miller defended\u200c the\u200d administration&#8217;s efforts to cut costs and insisted\u200c that such actions align\u200d with democratic principles, as voters elect officials \u2063who delegate staff. He criticized the biden administration for a lack of clarity, especially concerning $22 billion\u200b allocated to the Department of \u200bHealth and Human Services for illegal immigrants, claiming this amount could provide housing for\u2064 every homeless veteran in America. As tensions escalated, Miller argued that taxpayers are fed up with their money being\u200d mishandled, while\u200c Keilar attempted to maintain decorum \u2064during the back-and-forth. Miller \u2064also reiterated\u2062 his stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">illegal immigrants \u200dreceiving taxpayer \u200bbenefits<\/a> and\u2063 demanded accountability,\u200b asserting that no one should\u200c be above the law. The exchange highlighted the polarized views on immigration and government \u2062spending in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-say-trump-is-a-threat-to-democracy-theyre-projecting\/\" title=\"Democrats Accuse Trump of Endangering Democracy, But Are They Projecting?\">contemporary political discourse<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stephen Miller shouts at CNN anchor in heated interview over DOGE findings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1997758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House deputy chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Stephen Miller<\/a> became increasingly frustrated during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CNN<\/a>, in which he stood by the Trump administration&rsquo;s work to downsize federal spending with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Miller defended President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s appointment of advisers, including himself and DOGE head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>, to work within the government, arguing this is &ldquo;how democracy works&rdquo; in that people vote for a president who then recruits people to serve on his staff. When pressed by CNN&rsquo;s Brianna Keilar on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3321455\/nnsa-nuclear-agency-fired-employees-termination-rescinded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">why the Trump administration had rescinded the termination of hundreds<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy-department\/\">National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a> employees, Miller chuckled, stating that a temporary interruption in federal employment is &ldquo;a great crisis&rdquo; for CNN. He noted that voters, meanwhile, are experiencing a government &ldquo;finally&rdquo; delivering accountability.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You want to have a conversation about transparency. Let me ask you a question,&rdquo; Miller stated on CNN. &ldquo;Do you have any idea where the $22 billion that the Department of Health and Human Services provided to illegal aliens under Joe Biden is right now? Twenty-two billion with a &lsquo;B.&rsquo; That&rsquo;s enough to provide a free house to every homeless veteran in America. Where&rsquo;s the $22 billion? I don&rsquo;t know, you don&lsquo;t know, nobody knows! Joe Biden just spent it and now it&rsquo;s gone!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2805804&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1f00ecd4330882ce56d928716fca6150\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later in the interview, Miller stated that people are &ldquo;exhausted&rdquo; having their taxpayer dollars &ldquo;robbed and stolen from them.&rdquo; He began to state that some people may assert there is no waste before Keilar claimed she does not think anyone would assert this. This prompted Miller to shout, &ldquo;If you agree there is corruption, why are you not celebrating the cuts, the reforms that are being instituted?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Keilar then stated, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s calm down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Miller was also asked about his recent claim that illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">immigrants<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sells-life-of-linda-to-promote-socialist-cradle-to-grave-government\/\" title=\"White House Sells &#039;Life of Linda&#039; to Promote Socialist Cradle...to...Grave ...\">receiving child tax credits<\/a>, to which he warned that the federal government would find every illegal immigrant who is &ldquo;stealing&rdquo; taxpayer dollars. He added that no one is &ldquo;given permission to break the law&rdquo; any longer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2805810&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=5bd1cba98a35fe73e36cab141ad523cc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If illegal aliens can freely steal billions with a &lsquo;B,&rsquo; billions of taxpayer dollars, and I would have to imagine that CNN, which has endlessly talked about the importance of democracy and the rule of law, would say that no class in this country should be above the law, least of all illegal aliens who have trespassed on our territory,&rdquo; Miller stated.<\/p>\n<p>Keilar then claimed that she wanted to get Miller&rsquo;s &ldquo;position&rdquo; on certain topics and that CNN itself was not taking any position. Miller retorted that he did not feel CNN was &ldquo;indifferent or unbiased&rdquo; with its questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1997758\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1997758\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Miller argues with CNN anchor over DOGE findings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2403954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stephen-Miller-CNN-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50623,50410,23466,32617,48816],"class_list":["post-2403953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cnn-2","tag-controversy-2","tag-doge","tag-heated-interview","tag-stephen-miller"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Stephen-Miller-CNN-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403957,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403953\/revisions\/2403957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}