President Joe Biden’s first priorities are to unite the country against him, an adviser to former President Donald Trump said Saturday.
“Does a normal person in this country think that the top priority is to make sure we don’t deport criminal illegal aliens who have committed violent crimes against US citizens?” Stephen Miller, who was an adviser to Trump for four years, said during an appearance on Fox News’ Watters World.
Miller also cited Biden’s executive orders to cancel the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and rejoin the Paris climate agreement.
Whose priorities are these? They are the priorities of a small group of far-left special interests who have jobs and wealth and security and look down on ordinary citizens who just want to live better, safer and healthier lives, ”said Miller.
While Biden pledged to unite the country, “he has so far united Democrats, Republicans, and independents against his open borders agenda,” Miller added.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters after Biden signed a flurry of orders on inauguration day that Biden “will rule for all Americans.”
“Obviously, that needs to be backed up by actions, as you’ve stated,” she added. “But he will dare to do that in – in any policy he pursues, any commitment he has, because he feels that if we can come together, we will be a stronger country.”
Some groups of voters who supported Biden have announced that they oppose some of the orders signed during his early days in office.
The Laborers’ International Union of North America cheered when Biden won the election. But the union denounced Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone pipeline, saying it would “kill thousands of well-paid union jobs.” The United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters has also announced an objection to the cancellation.
Biden’s moratorium on new oil leases and drilling permits has also been criticized.
During his inauguration, President Biden spoke about bringing our nation together. Banning drilling on public land will cost thousands of new Mexicans their jobs and destroy what is left of our state’s economy, ”Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway told The Associated Press. “How does that bring us together? Environmental efforts must be fair and well-founded, not overpowering mandates that will only hurt an already impoverished state. “