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NEW YORK – U.S. envoy Mary Miller of Illinois, speaking at a rally Saturday night with former President Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Rowe against Wade a “victory for whites’ lives.”
Miller’s spokesman said the Illinois Republican intended to say the decision was a “right to life” victory. This line was not in line with the disproportionate impact that the abolition of abortion rights would have on women of color.
Miller is running for re-election in the state’s newly redesigned 15th Congressional District against Republican Rodney Davis with the blessing of the former president. She was invited on stage to speak by Trump, who held a rally in Mendon, Illinois, to vote ahead of Tuesday’s state primary.
“President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory of whites in the Supreme Court yesterday,” she said, drawing applause from the crowd.
Miller’s spokesman Isaiah Wortman told the Associated Press that it was a “mix of words.”
“You can clearly see in the video … she’s looking at her documents and she’s looking at her speech,” Wortman said.
Her campaign noted that she was the grandmother of several white grandchildren, including one with Down syndrome.
The congressional freshman, who was among those who voted to repeal the 2020 election results, had previously been criticized for quoting Adolf Hitler.
“Hitler was right about one thing. He said, “He who has youth has the future,” Miller said in a speech last year, according to a video posted by WCIA-TV. She later apologized after Democrats in Illinois called for her resignation.
The rally came when some elements of the far right pushed for the “big swap theory,” a racist ideology that claims that white people and their influence are being “replaced” by people of color. Supporters blame both immigration and demographic change, including the birth rate of whites.
During the rally, Trump took a victorious tour of the Supreme Court bomb on Friday, ending the constitutional right to abortion. The three conservative judges he appointed voted in favor.
He noted that in 2016 he promised to appoint judges who oppose the right to abortion.
“Yesterday, the court ruled a victory for the Constitution, a victory for the rule of law and, above all, a lifelong victory,” he told a crowd that chanted “Thank you, Trump!”
Trump also backed Republican Darren Bailey, who is running for the party’s nomination for governor.
For a full coverage of the AP on the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion, see
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