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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Lynn Sweet

Rep. Mary Miller a national leader when it comes to ‘incendiary rhetoric’ is fueling ‘polarization’

Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), left, and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) during a Save America Rally with former President Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022. Miller voted against certifying Joe Biden as president. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

The Illinois elected official who is former President Donald Trump’s most ardent Illinois supporter — Rep Mary Miller, R-Ill., — is, based on her tweets, one of the most polarizing figures in Congress, according to a new New York Times study.

The study, printed in the Sunday New York Times, “found that in the current Congress, representatives who fought certifying the election used polarizing language on Twitter about 55 percent more often than other Republicans, and nearly triple the rate of Democrats.”

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