Remarks from White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller raised alarm on Thursday as critics likened his comments about education policy to indoctrination within fascist regimes.
Addressing the White House press room, Miller railed against "cancerous, communist, woke culture that was destroying this country," celebrating the end of DEI initiatives and critical race theory in schools under President Donald Trump's second term.
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding. So as we close the Dept of Education and provide funding to states, we're going to make sure... pic.twitter.com/0GQqTpWrYq
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"Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values," Miller proclaimed, emphasizing that federal funding would not be used to "promote communist ideology."
"For any nation to be successful, it cannot teach their children to hate themselves and to hate their country," Miller said, referencing ongoing plans to dismantle the Department of Education and require schools to align with specific ideological standards to receive federal support.
The rhetoric was compared to fascist indoctrination efforts. "So the Dept. of Education becomes the Ministry of Indoctrination," one commenter wrote on X. "Sounds a lot like what happens in communist and fascist countries."
Others invoked historical references, likening Miller's statements to the propaganda campaigns of Nazi Germany. "Goebbels laying the groundwork for the Hitler Youth," one user posted, with another adding, "Great Value Goebbels wants to raise a whole generation of Nazis."
The Nazi party intended that the population under its control, and future generations, would have absolute loyalty to Adolf Hitler, the regime, and Nazi ideals. To accomplish this aim, complete indoctrination of children into Nazi ideology was a priority, and the youth of Nazi...
— Carl Hilberg (@chilberg11) May 1, 2025
Miller's comments are part of a broader ideological crusade by the Trump administration against "woke culture," targeting gender identity and race-based policies in government agencies and education by linking funding to various institution's adherence to nationalist values.
A loyal adviser to Trump from the time of his 2016 campaign, Miller has gained notoriety for his hardline anti-immigration stance, contempt for DEI initiatives, and impassioned polarizing rhetoric.
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