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LetMyPeopleVote

(170,781 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:47 PM 4 hrs ago

Stephen Miller asks when America has tolerated 'riotous assemblies around government buildings.' The internet responds

Stephen Miller has forgotten about Jan. 6. I wonder why?



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/stephen-miller-asks-when-america-has-tolerated-riotous-assemblies-around-government-buildings-the-internet-responds/ar-AA1NYeqb

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has prompted a wave of outrage and mockery online Monday for claiming in
comments about ongoing protests against federal agents that the U.S. has never tolerated “unlawful riotous assemblies” at federal buildings.

“When in our history have we tolerated unlawful riotous assemblies night after night around FBI buildings, or ATF buildings, or DEA buildings?” Miller said during an interview on CNN. “This is the textbook definition of domestic terrorism.”

As many online were quick to point out, one of the first actions of the second Trump administration was to cancel prosecutions or issue pardons to over 1,500 people who were involved in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Hill in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.

“We’re drawing a blank, let us get back to you Stephen,” the Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee wrote on X, posting a photo showing demonstrators with batons and shields trying to force their way past a group of police defending a door into the Capitol during the riot.

ICE officers have indeed faced violent threats during the second Trump administration, including a sniper-style attack on an immigration office in Dallas last month that killed two detainees, but no mass protest against the agency has matched the violence of the Capitol riot.
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Stephen Miller asks when America has tolerated 'riotous assemblies around government buildings.' The internet responds (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago OP
According to Trump, this was okay. So I don't see what the problem is with a peaceful protest, Stephen. LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #1
January 6, 2021 Clouds Passing 4 hrs ago #2
A day so infamous that it will live in Republican short term memory. Uncle Joe 3 hrs ago #7
AND popsdenver 2 hrs ago #9
I just coined a new word: Inflamy. COL Mustard 2 hrs ago #10
Thx COL popsdenver 2 hrs ago #13
He has such a little mind as to history, doesn't he? SWBTATTReg 4 hrs ago #3
Um, DUH!!! Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #4
That wasn't "allowed", that was planned, facilitated, and encouraged. Hell, Turnip was cheering them online. nt eppur_se_muova 4 hrs ago #5
And then he pardoned them malaise 2 hrs ago #12
The President on Jan 6 2021 failed to order National Guard to control the attack on Capitol wishstar 4 hrs ago #6
Sons of Liberty. The Klan. The Know Nothings. Pinkerton Detectives during worker strikes AZLD4Candidate 3 hrs ago #8
An administration of complete idiots. Miller definitely forgot to take is Irony Deficient tablets this morning. n/t aggiesal 2 hrs ago #11
Do they even hear themselves when they speak? mwb970 2 hrs ago #14
Is his wife still banging Elon Musk? flvegan 2 hrs ago #15
Ew. Some of us are eating right now leftstreet 2 hrs ago #17
He knows, tbh Oneironaut 2 hrs ago #16
This guy isn't just evil, he is clinically batshit. valleyrogue 1 hr ago #18

COL Mustard

(7,628 posts)
10. I just coined a new word: Inflamy.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:42 PM
2 hrs ago

It's what happens when you use a day of infamy to inflame the passions of the simple minded. Feel free to adopt it and use it as your own!

eppur_se_muova

(40,239 posts)
5. That wasn't "allowed", that was planned, facilitated, and encouraged. Hell, Turnip was cheering them online. nt
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:13 PM
4 hrs ago

wishstar

(5,784 posts)
6. The President on Jan 6 2021 failed to order National Guard to control the attack on Capitol
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:16 PM
4 hrs ago

The hypocrisy and gaslighting is staggering

AZLD4Candidate

(6,696 posts)
8. Sons of Liberty. The Klan. The Know Nothings. Pinkerton Detectives during worker strikes
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:58 PM
3 hrs ago

Wounded Knee. Camp Grant. Bisbee Deportation. The burning of Black Wall Street in Tulsa. Jesse Washington's lynching. 1968 DNC in Chicago. Kent State. Japanese Americans in concentration camps during WW2. Mountain Meadows. Trail of Tears. Long March of the Navajo. Sand Creek. The retaliation for Nat Turner's Rebellion. The entire Civil War.

Stevie failed basic history.

aggiesal

(10,360 posts)
11. An administration of complete idiots. Miller definitely forgot to take is Irony Deficient tablets this morning. n/t
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:53 PM
2 hrs ago

mwb970

(11,969 posts)
14. Do they even hear themselves when they speak?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:00 PM
2 hrs ago

What horrible, grotesque people surround the Ahole-in-Chief!

flvegan

(65,327 posts)
15. Is his wife still banging Elon Musk?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:02 PM
2 hrs ago

Some folks are saying she at least was at some point, just curious about the status.

Just asking questions.

Oneironaut

(6,129 posts)
16. He knows, tbh
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:09 PM
2 hrs ago

They love to taunt us with what they're doing, and, how they perceive us to be powerless to stop it. They want you to know that they're above the law, and, they flaunt it.

valleyrogue

(2,351 posts)
18. This guy isn't just evil, he is clinically batshit.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:36 PM
1 hr ago

I wouldn't be surprised if he is a Holocaust denier, he is that crazy.

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