Katie Miller admits she skipped the vote

Katie Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, told CBS News on Tuesday night that she did not cast a ballot in the recent Virginia election. During an interview with anchor Norah O’Donnell, Miller initially deflected the direct question about her participation by suggesting that mothers are often too occupied with child care to reach the polls.

When pressed for a specific reason for her absence, Miller pointed to security issues. She stated that voting in Virginia required her to expose her address in the pollbook, a process she described as doxxing. Miller said she chose her safety and security over that disclosure. The couple resides on a military base in northern Virginia, and Miller is a mother of four.

Virginia’s Department of Elections guidance indicates that the address listed on a voter’s identification does not need to match the address recorded in the pollbook. This technical detail stands in contrast to Miller’s explanation that the process inherently revealed her location to the public.

Miller’s comments came shortly after she posted on X earlier in the day. In that message, she urged conservative women to have more children, arguing that offspring would cancel out the votes of left-wing voters. She later acknowledged that candidate quality played a role in the Republican performance in the midterms, claiming there were no good options available. Miller suggested that the party would have fared better if President Donald Trump’s name had appeared on the ballot, despite his role in selecting and boosting many of the losing candidates.

Traci Brown, a body language expert, analyzed the interview for HuffPost. Brown noted that Miller generalized about mothers being busy when faced with a yes-or-no question, a tactic Brown associated with withholding information. Brown observed a spike in Miller’s blink rate when she discussed her children and again when she addressed Trump’s record, which she linked to high stress levels.

Brown also pointed to a specific gesture when Miller explained her safety preference. Miller paired her statement with a one-shoulder shrug, a non-verbal cue Brown interpreted as a sign that Miller did not fully believe her own explanation.