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Wallace played clips of Trump promoting “birther” conspiracy theory, describing Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and calling for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States.

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In response, Miller dismissed “racist” as “a label that has been too often deployed by the left [and] Democrats in this country to try to silence and punish and suppress people they disagree with.”

Like former White House aide Mercedes Schlapp, Miller cited low African American unemployment as evidence Trump was a “president for all Americans” and denied the “birther” theory was motivated by racism, saying the same questions were asked of Obama’s 2008 opponent, the late Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainAnalysis: Biden victory, Democratic sweep would bring biggest boost to economy The Memo: Trump's strengths complicate election picture Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ariz.), who was born in the Panama Canal Zone.

When Wallace pushed back on the comparison, Miller simply said he “fundamentally disagree[s] with the view that if you criticize somebody and they happen to be a different color skin, that makes it a race issue.”

“If you want to have a colorblind society … it means you can criticize immigration policy, you can criticize people’s views, you can question where they’re born and not have it be seen as racial,” Miller added.

Later in the segment, Miller and Wallace sparred on Trump’s response to a chant of “send her back” that erupted at a Wednesday campaign rally in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Democrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise MORE (D-Minn.). Trump has since said he was “not happy” with the chant but allowed it to continue and has defended the rally attendees as people who “love their country.”

The chant came three days after a series of tweets in which Trump called on Omar and three other minority congresswomen—Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' George Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge MORE (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley Ayanna PressleyFauci, Black Lives Matter founders included on Time's 100 Most Influential People list Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Pressley applauded on House floor after moving speech on living with alopecia MORE (D-Mass.)—to “go back” to other countries. All four are U.S. citizens and only Omar was born abroad.