WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller on Wednesday delivered a sharp critique of what he called “woke socialists,” describing their ideology as one incapable of building and driven by envy to tear down existing institutions and redistribute what others have created.

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Speaking on Fox News’ “The Will Cain Show,” Miller said the movement shares a defining trait: an inability to construct lasting achievements.

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“What do [woke socialists] have in common? It’s a people and a movement who can’t BUILD anything. This is a movement that never ends with a cathedral. It never ends with a bridge,” Miller said. “It never ends with a brand new airport. It never ends with a secure border. It never ends with a gleaming community. It never ends with a functional school system. It never ends with a beautiful, gorgeous park. It never even ends with a presidential library that you can look at and not feel disgust like the Obama library!”

Miller accused the ideology of defending those who harm children while opposing efforts to curb racial discrimination, transgender ideology and the sexual abuse of minors in schools.

“Every school district he’s trying to stop racial discrimination, transgender ideology, the sexual abuse of our children, they’re there defending the ABUSERS!” he said.

He framed the worldview as rooted in resentment toward civilization’s accomplishments.

“It’s an ideology that looks at what civilization built and is envious and hateful and jealous and says I will take. I will steal. I will dismantle. I will destroy. And I will redistribute everything that you have built to people who don’t belong here and have no right to be here!” Miller said.

Miller tied the criticism to ongoing legal and political resistance against President Donald Trump’s policies. He said the left has sued to block deportations of illegal immigrants, keep biological males in women’s prisons and halt other administration initiatives aimed at reversing what he described as the ideology’s influence.

“Everything President Trump has done to try to dismantle that ideology, the left is taking him to court. Every beautiful thing he wants to build, they want to block! Every illegal alien he wants to deport, they want to keep here. Every transgender inmate that he wants to be housed in their biologically correct prison, they’re suing to keep men housed with women,” Miller said.

The remarks came during an appearance in which Miller discussed whether progressive cultural influence had receded.