Enten unpacks Trump's 'tone deaf' Stephen Miller pick

Stephen Miller, who. orchestrated the president's. hardline immigration. agenda, is set to take over. as white House chief of staff. This comes, of course, days. after Latino voters across the country. pushed back. on that agenda at the ballot box, lifting Democrats. to huge midterm victory. CNN's chief data analyst Harry Enten. is just a winner all around. Harry, so much thank you, thank you. You're most welcome. But you already know this. Just how much of a shift. did you see when it comes to the Latino. voting population? How tone deaf is this white House? You get the results from last week,

and then you make Stephen Miller, chief of staff. What are they? They are in another planet. They're in another universe. that we're talking about. I mean, just look at these shifts. Look at these shifts among Latino voters. And I got them across. the political map for you. This is a shift from 2024 to 2026. And look at this. In Stark County, Texas, a 72 point shift in that county. These are all heavily Latino areas. 72 point shift, majority Latino. How about Passaic City, new Jersey? We'll go up to the northeast, a 54% shift. Look at this.

Sewer county, Kansas, 52 point shift. How about Cicero, Illinois? A 46 point shift from 2024 to 2026. Latino support. for Democrats up like a rocket. We saw it across the political map. No matter what state, no matter what region you were in. And then the white House. makes and Donald Trump. makes Steve Miller, chief of staff. What the heck is going on out there? Well, at the same time, he's also saying. he thinks that he went too far. with immigration enforcement. But then you have Stephen Miller there.

It is a very confusing message. I do want to ask you. if this sort of matches. how Latinos feel. about the immigration policies. that the president pushed forward. Yeah. What is driving these shifts? What are what are driving the shift? So one of the things that's driving. these shifts is immigration. Look at this. Who Latinos trust. More on immigration. back in the fall of 2024. Look at this Harris versus Trump. They trusted Trump by three points. But look at this. By the fall of 2026. when you match up Democrats. versus Republicans. they trust is Democrats by 21 points. That is a 24 point shift.

to the Democrats direction. Again, this lines up. with exactly what we saw. among the Latino majority counties, cities across the political map. movement, away from the right. to the left. and driven, at least in large part. by what they feel about Republicans. and Donald Trump's immigration policies. You've got immigration. Trump gone too far a question mark. He says he has a lot of Latinos. say when they look at all that. Yeah, they happen to agree with the president. The United States on. this was an agreement. There is an agreement. There's an agreement. Say the Trump. administration's actions. have gone too far on immigration.

Look at this overall. amongst the electorate. Look, it was not helpful. It was not helpful in 58%, but it really wasn't helpful. among Latinos. Look at the 68% of Latinos said that. the Trump immigration. immigration actions had gone too far, and that drove historic shifts away. from the right to the left. That, simply put, are just eye popping. All right, well, you never go too far with your energy. Oh, wait, wait a minute. Did I have my coffee? This way? No, this is all natural. It's scary. Harry Enten, it's always. good to see you with all your madness.

So it's Miller time. Stephen Miller, beginning this week in a new role. White House chief of staff. Even people in the president's. party aren't necessarily thrilled. Do you think that. Stephen Miller should be fired? Yes. In fact, I said that Wednesday morning. because of Stephen Miller's messaging. and the tone that is coming out. from the Republican Party. on this particular issue. is that you would think that, you know, most of, you know, the deportations. were through the roof with under,

President Trump compared to Obama. So that's why. I think we need a better tone. Better tone. Okay, so Friday, President Trump announced. Miller is taking over for Susie Wiles. He touted Miller's. crackdown on the border during his time. as Homeland Security advisor. A former advisor. to President. Donald Trump says he sees areas. where Miller could help. the GOP reach across the aisle. So we need to save, for example, Social Security and Medicare. Let's go. and pass this effort. to ban members of Congress.

from trading stocks. We can do. what's go and make President Trump's. prescription drug cuts permanent. There are so many things that President. Trump and Democrats can team up on. Stevens. When you can figure. out how to get it done. Okay. Actual chuckling I hear from Kurt. I chuckle. because I don't remember any of that. being said in the election in which, you know, $12 billion was spent, that would have been a good message. for Republicans. to have actually out there. Well, Katie. Miller will no longer. be doing her podcast. She announced that. So they are getting ready to do the job.

What is the relationship. of Miller and the white House? I understand. Susie Wiles. as chief of staff, but they are very different. in terms of tone and personality. Sure. But Stephen Miller, if you're President Trump. has been extremely loyal to him. He's been with him. for more than a decade. He's someone who really knows. the president. He used to be a speechwriter for him. So he, you know, he knows his tone. He knows what he wants. And so we'll see what happens next year. It was interesting to me over the weekend.

that Abdul El-Sayed was like even saying. at this point, like, well, you know, that's not someone that I see. as a productive relationship. with Capitol Hill. But, you know, we'll have to see what happens. Can I offer a thesis? Stephen Miller. has been at the forefront. of the executive power expansion. He has been. the guy. who's trying to figure out. what can you do without Congress. And then to that, it makes sense. that he'd be there. I mean, if you want to govern by pen. and a phone, you have to prepare. for everything to be overturned. the next time power changes, right?

And so what I would hope with Miller. is that there actually. is some attempt. to enforce the border permanently. Right? Like Trump. was able to do that on day one. But that's all just executive power. The next Democrat president. could do exactly what Joe Biden did. You know, rip up. women in Mexico, wrap up safely. telling 60 minutes. that maybe he thought his deportation. policy went too far. He says it was it was too tough. I think it might have been too tough. Yes. Yeah. And and so this is the internal civil war. within the white House, right? You have Tom Homan saying,

let's go after. the criminal illegal aliens. Right. 10 million illegals came over, came over. under Joe Biden's presidency, and a non-trivial number of those. have committed other crimes. while in the country or previously. Then you have Stephen Miller. that wants to deport everyone. The one thing that the white House. really needs to drop is, again, affordability is the big issue. Stop with the H-1b visa and skilled. legal labor restrictions. that they want to enforce. so broadly, right. If you want to look at the lower levels. of the income strata,

people who are net beneficiaries. from federal largesse, that's fine here. But if you want a stock act. housing like these things. that Jason Miller. just implied are possible. when it comes down to. it is not the thing being discussed. It is day one for the new white House. chief of staff, Stephen Miller. Miller, a Trump. loyalist, was given the job on Friday. and he's taking over for Susie Wiles, who had served in the position. since President Trump's reelection. With us now is CNN political commentator. Jamal Simmons, former.

communications director for vice. president Harris, and Pete Seet, vice president of HBO's. public affairs. group and former white House. spokesperson for the George. W Bush administration. Nice to have you both on Peta. You first. So President Trump's. new White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, starts today. What signal does this send, especially after Republicans. experienced. such a resounding defeat, in part. because of immigration policies. that Stephen Miller backed? Well, certainly depends on who. you ask, Pamela.

If you ask the president. and the most ardent. defenders of the MAGA movement. This is without question, the perfect pick. because Stephen Miller. is unapologetic about the agenda. He is combative. on television, particularly. taking it to Democrats, which the administration. is not going to have to face. Democrats in the House and the Senate. And he is unflinching in his loyalty. to the president, who would be better? But if you look at the results. of the election,

it's fair to say who would be worse. They're not really hearing the message. that was sent, the the policies that Stephen Miller. embodies. Immigration being one of those, were soundly and roundly rejected. at least some of the moves. that were made in places. like Minnesota and elsewhere. around this country, not necessarily the good work. that was happening at the border. And I think President Trump, even said that himself. in the 60 minutes interview. that aired last night.

So depends on who you ask. But I think a lot of people on. the Hill are worried. because they are sensing more gridlock. with this pick. Yeah. He was asked about. his deportation policy. The president said it was too tough. So he went on to say. that he would like to work. with Democrats on immigration. Jamal, what kind of immigration reform. could you see Democrats. working with the president on? I think we might be getting. the Stephen Miller hire. a little bit wrong this way. I think. hiring Stephen Miller as chief of staff.

is like putting a loaded gun on the table. before you start the negotiation. Number one, Donald Trump has wrestled. the tension back away from the Democrats. over the weekend. by the Stephen Miller pick. and then talking about his white House. press secretary ideas. And then number two, if you're going to go into a negotiation, think about how the president negotiates. He puts he puts tariffs on Canada. And then he starts a trade negotiation. He sends aircraft carriers. to the Middle East. Then he starts. trying to have a negotiation. with the Iranians about. what's going to happen in the Straits. I think that this is just the beginning.

of how he negotiates, which is to let people know. we can do this like gentlemen, or we can get into the rough stuff. But he wants to let people. know that he's got a very, very big, bad. weapon to use. if the negotiations don't go well. There is a big change in store. for the white House today. In just a few hours, we'll be seeing the first major shakeup. to President Trump's cabinet. after the crushing. Republican midterm losses. Stephen Miller. taking over as the president's.

new chief of staff. And his appointment. is already drawing criticism. from both sides of the aisle. C Miller has been a powerful. and controversial figure. in the president's orbit. for about a decade now. He's replacing Susie Wiles, whom. President Trump has blamed in part. for the Republican's poor performance. during last week's midterms. Miller has been an instrumental figure. in the president's hardline. immigration crackdown, and he has long. pushed for broader. executive authority for the president.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem. Jeffries does not seem optimistic. about having a working. relationship with Miller. It was an irresponsible. decision, in my view. There's not going to be any opportunity, certainly to work with Stephen Miller. and what he represents. And we're committed to forcefully. pushing back against the extremism. that they may try to continue. to unleash on the American people. And things are certainly heating up. between the Trump administration. and the House Oversight Committee.

The incoming head of that group, House. Democrat Robert. Garcia, says that they plan. to launch investigations. aimed at what he describes. as the Trump. crime family, their associates and more.