Washington, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his new White House Chief of Staff:
"Trump's elevation of Stephen Miller doubles down on the politics of hatred, lawlessness, and failure that the American people soundly rejected three days ago.
"Stephen Miller is the architect of Trump's immigration policies that plunged quiet American communities into violence. At Miller's direction, peaceful, law-abiding people have been seized from their families and imprisoned or deported for minor civil offenses, and American citizens who protested these actions have been beaten up and even killed by masked paramilitary ...