Overview
- After a shooting during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner prompted an evacuation, video showed Stephen Miller behind his pregnant wife as they exited the ballroom, fueling claims that he used her as a shield.
- In a Fox News interview, Katie Miller said her husband stood behind her to protect her and their baby, citing a security agent who directed that she evacuate first because the perceived threat was behind them.
- She joked that critics saw him “copping a feel” and said he avoided placing his hands on her stomach because of the pregnancy, which is why his hands appeared higher in the clip.
- Posts sharing the footage drew large engagement on X, with one widely viewed post nearing 100,000 likes, and many commenters mocked her defense and questioned how “protecting from behind” would work.
- Conservative podcast host Erika Kirk called the episode another traumatic example of political violence and said she would address it on The Charlie Kirk Show, reflecting plans by right-leaning figures to keep the issue in public view.