U.S. Rep. Mary Miller instantly drew fierce backlash on social media and elsewhere at a Saturday night time rally with former President Donald Trump when she credited him for the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade calling it a “victory for white life.”
“I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday,” Miller stated, then raised her arms in an animated clap amid cheers from the gang, which numbered within the 1000’s on a sweltering day in West Central Illinois.
But Miller’s campaign stated Saturday night time that the congresswoman misread ready remarks at a rally that Trump held for her within the village of Mendon.
“You can clearly see she is studying off a chunk of paper, she meant to say ‘right to life,'” Miller spokesman Isaiah Wartman said.
Miller, R-Illinois, later tweeted: “I will always defend the RIGHT TO LIFE!”
The statement unleashed a forceful rebuke on social media, likening Miller to a white supremacist and recalling her quoting Adolf Hitler on Jan. 6, 2021 — the day a mob broke into the nation’s Capitol. She later apologized.
The misstep Saturday couldn’t come at a worse time for Miller, who’s locked in a decent contest with Rep. Rodney Davis in Illinois’ newly drawn fifteenth Congressional District.
Wartman made a subsequent assertion in response to unforgiving protection of Miller’s gaffe.
“Joe Biden doesn’t know where he is half the time and the Fake News refuses to cover it. Mary stumbles while saying “Right to Life” and the faux news vultures are out,” he stated in a textual content message.
“To suggest that she is somehow not committed to defending all life is disgusting. She has the most Pro-Life voting record in Congress and is the proud grandmother of two beautiful grandchildren with down syndrome,” Wartman stated. “The fake news media is targeting Mary Miller because she is doing everything she can to stop the Democrats from allowing the massacre of babies like her grandchildren.”
The Trump rally drew 1000’s of individuals on Saturday, at an occasion the place Trump additionally endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey.
Bailey has led in current polls towards Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, regardless of Irvin having the backing of billionaire Ken Griffin. Griffin, who poured tens of tens of millions of {dollars} into Irvin’s race, announced last week he was transferring his hedge fund Citadel’s headquarters from Chicago to Miami.