Roe ruling is a “victory for white life,” Rep. Mary Miller says

• U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois referred to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a “win for white life.”
• The Illinois Republican intended to remark that the judgement represented a win for the “right to life.”
• The statement didn’t match the disparate impact that women of color will experience as a result of the revocation of abortion rights.

Speaking with former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday night, U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois referred to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a “win for white life.”

According to Miller’s spokeswoman, the Illinois Republican intended to remark that the judgement represented a win for the “right to life.” The way the statement was said didn’t match the disparate impact that women of color will experience as a result of the revocation of abortion rights.

With the former president’s support, Miller is vying for reelection in the state’s freshly redrew 15th Congressional District against GOP Rep. Rodney Davis. Trump, who organized the event in Mendon, Illinois, to encourage voters to cast ballots before the state’s primary on Tuesday, had extended her an invitation to appear on stage.

She stated, to applause from the audience, “President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday.”

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It was “a mix-up of words,” Miller spokesman Isaiah Wartman told.

She’s gazing at her documents and at her speech, which is plainly seen in the video, according to Wartman.

The grandmother of multiple non-white grandchildren, including one with Down syndrome, was mentioned in her campaign.

The freshman lawmaker previously faced backlash for quoting Adolf Hitler, and she was one of those who voted to annul the results of the 2020 election.

Hitler was correct in one respect. Miller declared in a speech last year, “Whoever possesses the youth has the future,” as seen on video by WCIA-TV. After Illinois Democrats demanded her resignation, she eventually apologized.

The far-right movement’s “great replacement theory,” a racist idea that asserts that people of colour are “replacing” white people and their influence, has been promoted by some groups at the time of the rally. Both immigration and demographic shifts, such as the birth rates of white people, are blamed by supporters.

Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s shocking decision to eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion throughout the rally. He chose three conservative justices, and they all supported it.

He mentioned his commitment from 2016 to pick justices who were against abortion rights.

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The audience started chanting “Thank you Trump!” as he said, “Yesterday the court handed down a victory for the Constitution, a victory for the rule of law, and above all, a victory for life.”

Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey received support from Trump at the rally as well.