Stephen L. Miller says he is "not a Trump supporter.” Which is a thing you say when you want to carry on serving the Trump administration’s interests with literally every tweet you compose … without the guilt-inducing opprobrium of actually being pegged as a Trump supporter.

I just have one question: If God were to switch out our Stephen L. Miller for a Stephen L. Miller who is exactly the same but is *also* a Trump supporter, how would he behave any differently than he does now?

If your answer is:

"Well, the new one votes for Trump whereas the old one doesn't" ...

... allow me to suggest to you that one’s private vote, or one's private political identification, can have zero bearing on their public-facing identity.

And let me further suggest that one’s private vote is meaningless when it comes to characterizing their role within the political discourse.

When you devote 100% of your tweets to beating back Trump’s critics, you are qualitatively indistinguishable from a Trump supporter.

Matt Jameson ( @roguenotary) once made this point really well in our pages.

https://arcdigital.media/yes-you-are-on-the-right-7c03e3f8dcde?source=friends_link&sk=2664c3859ca76e00ba24a2df3debc51b