Stephen Miller’s latest speech didn’t just raise eyebrows—it blew them clean off. At a memorial service for far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk, Miller, a longtime Trump adviser and White House policy architect, delivered a eulogy so steeped in authoritarian rhetoric that observers across the political spectrum were left stunned.
And not just because of its tone.
The speech, delivered with a venomous intensity at what was supposed to be a tribute to a slain 31-year-old political activist, bore an eerie, chilling resemblance to a 1932 speech by none other than Joseph Goebbels—Nazi Germany’s notorious chief propagandist.
“The day that Charlie died, the angels wept,” Miller declared, his voice thick with righteous fire. “But those tears had been turned into fire in our hearts, and that fire burns with a righteous fury that our enemies cannot comprehend or understand.”
That sentence alone sent shockwaves across social media, with dozens pointing out how unnervingly close it was to Goebbels’ infamous rallying cry after the murder of Horst Wessel, the young Stormtrooper whose death became a cornerstone myth of Nazi martyrdom.
But Miller didn’t stop there.
“I am reminded of a famous expression,” he continued. “The storm whispers to the warrior that you cannot withstand my strength and the warrior whispers back: ‘I am the storm.’ Erika is the storm. We are the storm, and our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion.”
It didn’t take long before historians and watchdogs began sounding alarms.
“Stephen Miller’s speech at Charlie Kirk’s memorial was essentially plagiarized,” posted podcaster and researcher Jim Stewartson, who painstakingly compared Miller’s language to Goebbels’ July 1932 speech. “See if you can spot the similarities.”
One of the most striking parallels comes directly from Goebbels’ original German remarks:
“So our dead comrade Horst Wessel wrote, and we are fulfilling his prophesy. The others may lie, slander, and pour their scorn on us — their political days are numbered… People, rise up, and storm, break loose!”
Legal analyst Tracey Gallagher chimed in, confirming the translation’s accuracy and historical context. “This was a campaign rally speech in the lead-up to the July 31, 1932, Reichstag elections, where the Nazi Party achieved its peak pre-1933 electoral success,” she wrote. “Wake up America.”
Economist Anders Åslund didn’t mince words: “Stephen Miller is Goebbels.”
Educator Jürgen Nauditt broke it down further: “Terms like ‘forces of evil,’ ‘the good,’ and ‘the virtuous,’ as well as the notion of an ‘inflamed army,’ reflect a dualistic worldview that pits good against evil — a stylistic device often used in totalitarian ideologies to mobilize emotions and demonize opponents.”
Even historian Kevin Kruse, no stranger to dissecting authoritarian creep, summed it up bluntly: “It’s like they made a clone of Goebbels but somehow the volume got stuck on ‘screeching banshee.’”
And that’s not hyperbole.
Miller’s performance at what should have been a solemn gathering took on the cadence and fury of a war rally. At one point, he shouted, “You have no idea the dragon you’ve awakened to save civilization. You have nothing. We will defend virtue. We are on the side of goodness, of God.”
Lee-in-Iowa, a popular voice on Bluesky, wasn’t buying it: “Stephen Miller at Charlie Kirk’s ‘memorial’ is scary as all hell.”
Even New York City Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan weighed in. “Beyond grotesque. Miller is a megalomaniac unmoored Christian Nationalist whose rage belies any notion of grief. He turned a funeral into a rally for Trump’s war on ‘the left.’ Even Kirk’s foes are treating his death with more reverence than this!”
It wasn’t just pundits and politicians sounding the alarm. On Reddit, user carrtmann posted large excerpts of Miller’s speech and asked flat-out: “Is this the most Nazi-like speech that has come directly from a US President’s inner circle?”
That question isn’t rhetorical anymore.
Because what Miller delivered wasn’t just a speech—it was a moment. A deeply unsettling one. A moment when a top Trump adviser stood in front of a grieving audience and, seemingly without hesitation, channeled one of the darkest propagandists in history.
Maybe it was intentional. Maybe it wasn’t. But the result is the same: a dangerous flirtation with fascist rhetoric at a time when American democracy is already under extreme strain.
It wasn’t just political theater. It was a warning siren—one we’d be foolish to ignore.
