Michael Scherer

I think there's an enormous concern in the Republican Party right now and inside the White House about the way things are going.

And I think we do have the beginnings of a recalibration.

I don't think it'll be a recalibration that changes much, and I don't think it's one that most Americans will probably notice.

But, I mean, to go back to the Preti shooting...

That policy of having roving bands of Customs and Border Patrol agents militarized go into American cities and break windows of cars and, you know, crash into protesters and shoot people was one that was directly driven by Stephen Miller.

And when a guy got shot in a way that anyone who watched that video was horrified by or should be horrified by, Miller was put in the penalty box.

I mean, that's what happened a couple weeks ago, right?

It means Tom Homan, who had sort of been on the outs inside the White House when it came to immigration policy, had been warring with Kristi Noem.

Tom Homan was put in charge.

Homan is not someone who is going to stop arresting and deporting people, but he is a much more by-the-book person.

Let's arrest people at jails.

Let's arrest people with cooperation with local officials.

Let's de-escalate the situation type guy.

And Miller, if you look at what he was saying in those days immediately after Homan goes to Minneapolis, he was looking for cover.

I mean, he puts out a statement earlier that week where he says something like, well, it looks like CBP didn't follow their own policies.

And we're looking into that.

I mean, he was trying to distance himself from this thing that he had pushed for.

I think dance is sort of a hybrid thing.

As all vice presidents are, he's one step removed from the structure, like the core structures.

He doesn't have any direct brief.