'Perhaps The Most Joyless Man In America' Stephen Miller Roasted By Dem Over Habeas Corpus Remarks

In House floor remarks on Thursday, Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) slammed Stephen Miller for his statements about suspending Habeas Corpus.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, I was a history teacher, and I know that we have to be documenting this

00:05moment.

00:06When we look back, I don't want anyone to say that we didn't know what was happening.

00:10Trump advisor Stephen Miller, and perhaps the most joyless man in America, recently

00:15said that Trump is actively looking at suspending the writ of habeas corpus.

00:21I'm sorry.

00:22What?

00:23What?

00:24Habeas corpus is the right we all have to challenge in court.

00:29If we are detained and locked up, without it, it means any of us can be locked up with

00:35no cause.

00:36It can only be suspended by Congress, by us.

00:42Americans, please hear me.

00:45Who are we?

00:47Who are we if we let Trump abandon our core principle that no one in this country will be imprisoned

00:54unlawfully?

00:56This is about liberty, and there is nothing more importantly than our liberty.

01:03I yield back.

01:05For what?