Tim Miller: You Don’t Get a Mulligan for Murder
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Takeaways
- ❖The administration's efforts to 'tone down' language and sideline figures like Gregory Bevino are insufficient responses to alleged murders by federal agents.
- ❖Moving problematic officials to different jurisdictions is akin to moving a 'rapist priest from one parish to another,' avoiding real accountability.
- ❖The central issue is not the administration's 'tone' or rhetoric, but the underlying policies, excessive funding, and lawless actions of ICE and CBP.
- ❖Accountability demands include firing, congressional investigation, and subpoenaing officials like Bevino, not just quiet reassignments or retirements.
- ❖ICE and CBP are funded at levels exceeding other federal law enforcement agencies and even some national militaries, enabling their controversial operations.
- ❖The opposition must not accept 'face-saving' gestures; sustained pressure is needed to demand defunding and policy changes that prevent future abuses.
- ❖Agents must be identifiable (show name and face), and the entire mass deportation program needs to be halted.
Insights
1Administration's Response to Minneapolis Incidents: Cosmetic Changes vs. Real Accountability
The host argues that the Trump administration is attempting to 'modestly tone down their language' and make minor personnel adjustments, such as sidelining Gregory Bevino from Minneapolis, without fundamentally changing the operations of ICE and CBP. He likens moving Bevino to 'taking the rapist priest and moving him from one parish to another,' indicating a lack of genuine accountability.
Reports of Gregory Bevino being pushed out of Minneapolis, stripped of his title, or sent to California, while DHS spokespeople still praise him. The administration's deployment of Tom Homan as a 'moderating force' in Minneapolis.
2The Core Problem: Policy and Funding, Not Just Rhetoric
Miller asserts that the underlying issue is not the administration's 'tone' or 'language,' but the policies and funding that empower agencies like ICE and CBP to operate with impunity. He highlights that these agencies are funded more than any other federal law enforcement, leading to situations where agents act like they are 'invading Fallujah' in suburban neighborhoods, menacing citizens, and allegedly causing deaths.
Discussion of Bevino's men allegedly murdering Alex Prey and Renee Good, and posthumously smearing Prey. The host's rejection of Ted Cruz's focus on 'tone' regarding the administration calling Prey a 'terrorist,' stating the problem is that they 'killed Alex Prey.'
3Demands for Substantive Change Beyond Face-Saving Gestures
The host outlines specific demands for genuine accountability and policy reform, rejecting the idea that modest steps or 'off-ramps' are sufficient. He insists that the pre-Minneapolis status quo, which led to deaths and constitutional crises, is unacceptable.
Demands for Bevino to be fired, brought before Congress, investigated, and subpoenaed. Calls to defund and claw back money from 'lawless agencies.' Requirements for agents to show their name and face, and to stop the mass deportation program.
Lessons
- Opponents of the administration's actions must be clear that cosmetic changes, like personnel reassignments or softened rhetoric, are insufficient responses to alleged lawless behavior and deaths.
- Advocate for concrete accountability measures, including the firing, investigation, and subpoenaing of officials like Gregory Bevino, rather than accepting quiet retirements or transfers.
- Demand defunding and clawing back money from agencies like ICE and CBP, arguing that their current funding levels enable problematic operations and abuses of power.
- Insist on transparency and accountability from federal agents, specifically requiring them to show their names and faces when operating in public, and challenging policies that allow them to act anonymously.
Notable Moments
The host likens moving Gregory Bevino from Minneapolis to another jurisdiction to 'taking the rapist priest and moving him from one parish to another,' highlighting a perceived lack of genuine accountability.
The host criticizes Ted Cruz for focusing on the 'tone' of the administration's statements about Alex Prey (calling him a 'terrorist') rather than the fact that Prey was allegedly killed by federal agents.
Quotes
"Just putting a little lipstick on the pig is not going to be a sufficient response to the heinousness with which these guys have behaved and the lawlessness more importantly."
"If the administration thinks that they can get out of this mess by simply dialing back the rhetoric, dialing back the smears about the people that they killed... that ain't good enough."
"The problem with the administration's actions is that they killed Alex Prey and they killed Renee Good."
"The problem is not the tone. And if and these guys want their offramp to be, you know, we acknowledge that the tone was a little off from Steven Miller... No. No. They need to claw back the money that they gave to ICE last year."
"They work for us... They are agents of the state in a free country, in a democracy. We pay their bills. They're our employees. They cannot kill us anonymously and then just move on."
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