White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has been called out by plenty of people for his White nationalist views. Previously in The Root, we reported that Tiffany Cross was attacked by MAGA supporters after calling the political advisor a White supremacist on CNN. Now, Miller is being compared to a Nazi after a worrying claim was made that he plagiarized a speech given by the Chief Propagandist of the Nazi Party, Joseph Goebbels, at Charlie Kirk’s memorial. Here’s what happened…
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Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s closest allies and the architect of many of his White supremacist talking points, gave a eulogy to honor the life of Charlie Kirk at his memorial last Sunday (Sept. 21). However, Miller’s eulogy quickly turned into a worrisome political speech as he spoke of a light prevailing over “wickedness and evil.”
Now Miller, who comes from a Jewish immigrant background, has been accused of plagiarizing his speech from Joseph Goebbels’ 1932 speech “The Storm Is Coming,” by one user on X (@Jimstewartson), who pushed his followers to spot the similarities.
This claim has been investigated by the fact-checking and resource site Snopes, which has crossed it off as speculation. However, Snopes did point out some of the similarities between Miller’s speech and Goebbels’ speech, such as the divisive language of us vs them and an awakening of people to fight against their enemies.
According to Snopes, in Goebbels’ speech, he states, “…We the people have awakened! We have risen against oppression, 15 million people have joined in an army of revenge.”
Following a similar thread, Miller states in his speech, “You have no idea of the dragon you have awakened. You have no idea how determined we will be to save this civilization, to save the West, to save this republic.”
But that’s not all, in his speech, Miller called back to the lineage of people from Athens to Monticello and stated, “…our ancestors built the cities, they produced the art and architecture.” He then addressed anyone outside of the crowd, anyone outside of the white lineages he mentioned, and said, “You have nothing. You can build nothing. You can produce nothing. You can create nothing. We are the ones who build. We are the ones who create. We are the ones who lift up humanity.”
These statements are dehumanizing to non-white individuals and ignore the historical contributions of African Americans. Black people, through slavery, built America, and Black activists and civil rights leaders have been instrumental in securing rights for all Americans.
And as Snopes points out, Miller’s talk of building a world also shares parallels to a Goebbels’ speech where he addressed Nazi supporters and stated, “You are the witnesses, the builders, the will-bearers of our idea and our worldview.”
The parallels pointed out by the original tweet and Snope have recevied a mixed bag of reactions, with some users finding the claim too much of a stretch:
“You f*****s really can’t stop it with the calling everyone nazis, can you? Until you all stop acting like r***** with the name-calling and far-left positions, no one will take you seriously,” a user responded.
Another user asked, “You seriously look at those lines you quoted and think they are parallel to Miller’s speech? Are you okay?”
However, on the flip side, other users found the claim to be concerning:
“The pattern’s been there for a while. It’s only getting worse,” commented one user.
“Agreed, Stephen Miller’s speech hits classic fascist note… It is not Goebbels verbatim, but it borrows the Nazi playbook of turning grief into militant destiny,” added another.
“Was this a memorial or a rally? This kind of talk is Goebbels for sure,” wrote another.
This is not the first time Kirk’s memorial service, which drew an estimated crowd of 200,000, was criticized for being a political rally. On the day of the memorial, users on X shared their opinions of the event and posted things such as:
“The Charlie Kirk memorial is a Christian Nationalist political rally.”
However, as stated by Snopes, even though there may be some similarities between the speeches made by Miller and Goebbels, there is no way to verify the claim of plagiarism.
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