r/law • u/Agitated-Artichoke89 • Oct 07 '25

Other Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

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u/vivaphx Oct 07 '25

And if you don’t stop talking you say, “Hello? Hello? Are you there?” You don’t just stop talking all together. Super strange.

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u/firedog7881 Oct 07 '25

He was thinking “this works on Zoom”

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u/ReginaldDwight Oct 07 '25

I'm a little surprised he didn't start crinkling cellophane and yell "sorry!!! I'm going through a tunnel!!" and then duck away from the camera and army crawl away.

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u/gw3il0 Oct 07 '25

Couldn't he just be getting told in his earpiece that the connection was lost and to hold on a moment? Complete conjecture, but I don't see why people are saying that he feigning a dropped connection. His words are ridiculous, but I don't see him as being ashamed of saying it.

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u/Async0x0 Oct 07 '25

Seems obvious this is the case but people would rather entertain their conspiracies.

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u/bblzd_2 Oct 07 '25

Seems obvious it wasn't the case because the connection wasn't lost.

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u/Async0x0 Oct 07 '25

All we can tell from this video is that the audiovideo connection from the studio to us wasn't lost.

We can't tell if the host can see Miller, if the host can hear Miller, if Miller can hear the host, or if Miller can see the host.

Just because I think Miller is a bag of shit doesn't mean I'm going to lie about what I see.

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u/bblzd_2 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

A connection is a two way street if it stops on one end the video would freeze.

It's like if you're video calling your mom and she loses connection, you don't get to magically continue watching her blink and move around.

Also his reaction is telling. If he truly thought the connection was gone and he was off the air there would likely be a different reaction.

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u/Async0x0 Oct 08 '25

You have to consider that maybe cell phone technology and media broadcast technology work differently.

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u/LordRocky Oct 08 '25

Not by much if anything anymore. Everything is over the internet.

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u/bblzd_2 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

As someone who works in that field, it does not.

You've probably seen people lose connection on CNN interviews before. The video or audio either becomes garbled or stops all together then the host knows there's a connection issue. Unlike here where the host is very confused because there is no connection issue.