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I don't. I can see why you'd feel that way though. Harry Potter reference: Miller is Dolores Umbridge.
He's the face of the state and the ruling class. Of the Democrats, in particular.
Biden & Harris look zoned out. Blinken is some sort of insane zealot. Their depraved indifference doesn't match their faces or private glee that leaks through. They come off as genuinely delusional.
Most of these people don't really connect with humanity, it's just that Miller really embodies that alienation.
I don't expect compassion or humanity from him or US officials. It's not something they even consider abhorrent; it is just completely alien and absurd to them. If you saw the reaction to that reporter saying "everyone's sick of this", and his response is "there's plenty of people giving speeches in Washington", you'd recognize that there is no concept of right or wrong, good or evil, just and unjust extant in him. It's just prestige, power, access, personal honor, and notoriety.
There were and are plenty of middle managers like that throughout fascist regimes of the past, and many liberal democracies to this day.
I can see random activists throwing some green paint on this guy when he crosses the street though.
I'd like to see some concrete milkshakes myself