A Washington Post article by Sammy Westfall, published 8 November 2026, reports that Democrats criticized President Trump's promotion of Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff after the midterms, saying voters had rejected the administration's most divisive policies. Hakeem Jeffries called it an "irresponsible" and "awful choice," said he would not work with Miller, and Senator-elects Adam Hamilton and Abdul El-Sayed called the move odd and a doubling down.