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Greg Sargent: Latest Stephen Miller revelations require a tougher Democratic response

When are Democrats going to try to summon Stephen Miller to Capitol Hill and grill him under oath about his direct role in so much of the chaos, incompetence and increasingly malevolent extremism gripping the Trump administration right now?

Miller, as the chief architect of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda, is a key figure behind Trump's ongoing purge of the Department of Homeland Security and the president's related embrace of ever-more cruel and radical policies. Miller's views drew fresh scrutiny when Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., tweeted that Miller is a "white nationalist" whose "influence on policy and political appointments" remains an "outrage.