Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Iowa's 1st district, answering a reporter in a Capitol hallway
Statement summary
Asked what she made of Laura Loomer's remarks, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks asked who the reporter was, then said "No comment" and that she would not give him an interview.
“Okay. No comment. I'm not gonna interview with you, but thank you”
Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker's post with a two-minute video of hallway questions to House Republicans about Laura Loomer's remarks. The members are identified in Raw Story's account of the same video. The video file carries a September 1, 2026 upload time; the post went up on September 2.
Why we used this label
The reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Asked directly about the remarks, Miller-Meeks said "No comment" and declined the interview. That is an express refusal, so we labeled it Explicitly stayed out. Condemned and Defended or excused lose because she gives no view of the remarks. Evidence level: video of the exchange, with the speaker identified and the answer quoted by Raw Story.