Tim Miller

Role
Political commentator and host of The Bulwark
Statement date

"We have internment camps in this country."

Source and context

Original video

Tim Miller’s August 13 Bulwark video on the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family (opens in a new tab)Opening sentence of the original 2:01 video

About this source

Original Bulwark video and transcript. Miller compares the family’s detention to internment and urges viewers to contact representatives. The comparison and asserted illegality are his positions, not judicial findings. Automated captions misrender Tahmasebi’s name; the transcript is not a reliable spelling source.

Before the quotation

Miller introduced Tahmasebi’s account in an original two-minute Bulwark video.

After the quotation

His internment comparison and assertions of illegality are his characterizations, not court findings. This predates, and does not replace, his September 8 essay.

Condemned
How this statement is classified

The speaker explicitly criticizes the action or its effects in the surrounding directly attributed statement.

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People and groups discussed
Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi

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