To: Stephen Miller and President Donald Trump
Statue of Liberty Under Attack
Please sign to stand with the Statue of Liberty's modern day message of hope, diversity, and inclusivity. Tell Stephen Miller -- who disrespected one of the most iconic symbols of our great nation's freedom while standing at the podium at the official White House briefing room -- to apologize for his disrespectful words which offend so many human beings in the United States and around the world.
Why is this important?
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of hope, perseverance, and compassion.
But Stephen Miller, an advisor to President Donald Trump, went on a bizarre rant about immigration and the Statue of Liberty.
Miller doesn't seem to think the poem, The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, matters much even though it was written as part of a fundraiser for the Statue of Liberty. The fact that it was officially added as part of the Statue of Liberty years later seems to really bother Miller.
I wonder if he's equally bothered by the Bill of Rights or Amendments to the Constitution since they were added later? Or maybe he understands social progress means we must constantly strive to use our positions of privilege and good fortune to help those in need. That's what good leaders should do.
The poem says in part:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America's promise for a better future for everyone. Stephen Miller is an official advisor in the White House. President Trump should be ashamed at any policies and rhetoric to manufacture walls of fear and division where we have opportunities to continue building bridges to be a global leader for peace and prosperity for all.
But Stephen Miller, an advisor to President Donald Trump, went on a bizarre rant about immigration and the Statue of Liberty.
Miller doesn't seem to think the poem, The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, matters much even though it was written as part of a fundraiser for the Statue of Liberty. The fact that it was officially added as part of the Statue of Liberty years later seems to really bother Miller.
I wonder if he's equally bothered by the Bill of Rights or Amendments to the Constitution since they were added later? Or maybe he understands social progress means we must constantly strive to use our positions of privilege and good fortune to help those in need. That's what good leaders should do.
The poem says in part:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America's promise for a better future for everyone. Stephen Miller is an official advisor in the White House. President Trump should be ashamed at any policies and rhetoric to manufacture walls of fear and division where we have opportunities to continue building bridges to be a global leader for peace and prosperity for all.