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Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R), co-founder of Latinas for Trump, blasted President Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown, warning he \u201cwill lose the midterms\u201d because of White House adviser Stephen Miller.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,\u201d Garcia told The New York Times in an interview published Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Though Garcia was openly supportive of Trump\u2019s plans to close the border, she placed blame on Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, for the aggressive tactics used during the current crackdown.<\/p>\n
Her comments come after federal agents in Minneapolis over the weekend shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti amid a protest against the administration\u2019s immigration action, weeks after an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in the city earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti \u201cattacked\u201d federal law enforcement, while Miller described Pretti as \u201ca would-be assassin\u201d who \u201ctried to murder federal law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday distanced Trump from those remarks, saying she had not heard the president \u201ccharacterize Mr. Pretti in that way\u201d and deferring to the investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cDistorting, politicizing, slandering \u2013 justifying what happened to Alex Pretti contradicts the American values the administration campaigned on.\u00a0 He was neither a domestic terrorist nor an assassin,\u201d Garcia wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X, responding to Miller\u2019s characterization of the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cAllowing individuals like Stephen Miller, among others, who represent the government and make hard-line decisions, to make such comments will have long term consequences. \u2026 This is not what I voted for!\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
Garcia, who rallied support from Latina voters to help get Trump elected in 2016 and served in Trump\u2019s Department of Homeland Security during his first term, has blasted what she last year called \u201cinhumane\u201d tactics to meet deportation goals.<\/p>\n
Her comments mark the latest sign of growing frustration with Trump\u2019s immigration handling as fallout from the Minnesota shootings grows, as observers warn the issue could have a lingering impact on November\u2019s high-stakes midterms.<\/p>\n
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