White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says the polling released ahead of the midterms has a purpose beyond measurement. In remarks circulated Monday, Miller argued that the numbers are being published to convince Americans that the fight is already lost.
"The purpose of publishing these suppression polls is designed to demoralize people, to convince people that it's not worth continuing the fight to save and rescue their country," Miller said.
Miller Credits Trump With Energy Prices and Job Creation
Miller contrasted the country's economic position with what he described as unrelenting opposition to the president's agenda.
"The reason why America has lower energy prices than everyone else in the developed world is because of President Trump," he said. "The reason why we have record job creation is because of President Trump."
Miller cited a list of victories he said Democrats have fought at every turn.
"Democrats fought bloody murder to stop all of this," he said. "Every single step President Trump took to secure the border they ran to court and sued to try to order us to keep the border open. Every single thing that President Trump did to bring our energy supply chains back to America, they fought us in court and sued us."
He went on to include crime and tax policy in that account.
"Every single thing he did on violent crime, sanctuary Democrat mayors and sanctuary Democrat politicians fought us relentlessly," Miller said. "They voted against tax cuts for every single American family. They voted against the child tax credit. They voted against the Trump accounts. They voted against no tax on tips, no tax on over time, no tax on social security."
'They Have Not Been Our Partners'
Miller closed by framing the midterm argument around a single claim about the opposition's role in the president's record.
"They have not been our partners in a single one of the victories that President Trump has delivered for America," he said.
The comments come as early voting approaches and both parties position themselves for the midterm elections.
