Donald Trump’s 31-year-old senior policy advisor, Stephen Miller — the architect of the Muslim ban — executed a messy round of Sunday talk show appearances that played like Kellyanne Conway needed a last-minute day off. Granted, the lies were all still present and accounted for. Miller read a series of false statements (including fictitious high praise for Sean Spicer’s truth-telling abilities) from a prompter and awkwardly defended Trump’s continued false claims about voter fraud.
Miller grew outraged when host George Stephanopoulos repeatedly reminded him that there was no evidence of voter fraud. The advisor robotically railed over what he called a “scandal” for which the media needs to wake up and “stop the presses.” Donald Trump later praised him for a “great job!”
Congratulations Stephen Miller- on representing me this morning on the various Sunday morning shows. Great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2017
Well, Morning Joe‘s Joe Scarborough couldn’t believe that Trump was praising “that kid who embarrassed the White House this morning.” He fired off a few tweets to illustrate his appalled reaction.
I hope the president is talking about The Steve Miller Band and not that kid who embarrassed the White House this morning. #SweatsLikeMarco https://t.co/IqHiOXtE3V
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 13, 2017
Miller was awful on every level. When I hear the White House praising him, they sound like they're living in an alternative universe. https://t.co/rXkTTNJI4D
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 13, 2017
Co-host Mika Brzezinski also tweeted how “embarrassed” she felt to be watching Miller and Kellyanne Conway on cable news, which she called “beyond sad for our country.”
The Steven Miller interviews this morning on all the Sunday shows were frightening! Sorry Mr President. No..
A really bad sign…— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 13, 2017
If the WH thinks that is a person they want to put out front-it's beyond sad for our country. First KellyAnne now this..embarrassed for USA
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 13, 2017
#MillerTime2go – please retweet
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 13, 2017
Naturally, Sean Hannity jumped to attention, albeit with a delayed reaction. Once he realized Trump’s guy was being criticized, Hannity immediately insulted Scarborough for “horrific ratings,” which “totally suck.” And he also dropped a vague threat to start telling the world “who you really are.”
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/831015502025736194
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/831015699300630528
Now there’s a “scandal”! Hannity continued to assert that “nobody watches” Morning Joe, but he’s wrong. Donald Trump totally watches the show every weekday morning. However, Hannity will not be deterred.
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/831016628016013312