Kara Swisher’s recent comparison of Stephen Miller to Heinrich Himmler on her Pivot podcast is beyond offensive — it’s reckless. Megyn Kelly rightly blasted Swisher for crossing a line into language that can put a person’s life at risk, accusing her of “trying to get Stephen Miller killed.”
This controversy didn’t arise in a vacuum: it follows the tragic shooting in Minneapolis that left two protesters dead and prompted Miller to speak out, initially calling one of the slain men a would-be “assassin” before later softening his wording. The media circus around the case has been sloppy, and Swisher’s cinematic name-calling only adds fuel to a dangerous fire.
What’s particularly grotesque here is the left’s comfort with historical weaponization — invoking Nazi leaders and wartime internment architects to smear a political adversary. Swisher’s rhetoric not only maligns Miller, who is of Jewish ancestry, but it drags wholly inappropriate, genocidal analogies into today’s debates in a way that endangers civil discourse.
Conservatives shouldn’t reflexively defend every figure on the right, but this moment demands consistency: political opponents must be debated, not demonized. The very media figures who lecture conservatives about “dangerous rhetoric” are now happily dehumanizing a former public servant — proof of the double standard and moral rot in elite outlets.
Enough with the performative outrage. Americans should expect journalists and podcasters to exercise basic responsibility instead of tossing incendiary comparisons like hand grenades into an already volatile landscape. If we care about rule of law and public safety, we must call out this kind of escalation regardless of which side it targets.
Megyn Kelly’s forceful reaction is a wake-up call for anyone who still believes the press is a neutral referee. Hardworking patriots understand that fierce disagreement is part of democracy, but trying to rewrite opponents as monsters invites real-world consequences — and that is something every decent American should reject.
