Miller ridiculed over 2002 school election as former classmate recalls him being ‘booed off’ stage

WASHINGTON, DC: Stephen Miller is facing fresh ridicule after a former high school classmate brought up an embarrassing episode from his student election campaign.

The incident resurfaced on Monday, November 9, following major Republican losses in the midterm elections.

The White House official’s former classmates have recalled how Miller was allegedly booed off the stage during a speech at Santa Monica High School in 2002.

Stephen Miller mocked over high school election loss

A former classmate named Cody Decker took to X to mock Miller over his past election defeat, drawing a comparison with the Republicans' latest political setback.

On Election Day, Miller had urged Americans to "VOTE" as Republicans faced losses at the polls.

Decker used the moment to bring up Miller's own experience as a high school presidential candidate.

"Does this vote remind you of high school when you were ripped off stage at the Greek?" Decker wrote. "I guess that was now your second most embarrassing Election Day."

Decker had previously spoken about the incident in a 2017 X post, claiming Miller was booed off the stage by "over 4,000 students" while delivering his campaign speech.

"I was one of them!" Decker added.

Former rival recalls Stephen Miller’s 2002 speech

Cynthia Santiago, who also ran for student president at Santa Monica High School and later defeated Miller, previously shared her recollections of the campaign.

In a June 2025 interview with the Daily Beast, Santiago remembered Miller beginning his speech by introducing himself.

"I'm Stephen Miller," she recalled him saying. "I'm the only candidate up here who really stands out… I will say, and I will do things that no one else in their right mind would say or do."

Santiago also remembered another part of his speech in which Miller questioned why students were expected to pick up their own trash.

"Am I the only one who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us?" he reportedly asked.

According to Santiago, the speech did not go down well with the students. "They booed him off," she told the Daily Beast. "He lost."

Santiago also recalled Miller making dismissive comments in class about diversity, affirmative action, welfare and non-English speakers. She said his views appeared to be influenced by right-wing writings.

Stephen Miller’s cousin reveals family estrangement

Miller's former classmates are not the only people from his past to publicly criticize him. His first cousin, Alisa Kasmer, has also spoken out against him and his hardline immigration policies.

On Monday, November 9, Kasmer addressed questions about Miller's relationship with his extended family in a post on Threads.

She was tagged in a post asking whether Miller's parents were proud of him, with the user pointing to their professional backgrounds and his upbringing.

In response, Kasmer said that the extended family on both sides had become estranged from Miller and his immediate family.

"While my family cut ties with his parents and siblings some years ago now, the last we knew, and still believe to be true, they are incredibly proud and supportive of him. His extended family on both sides are definitely not!" she wrote.

Kasmer had previously made her position clear in another strongly worded post. Referring to the possibility of future Nuremberg-style trials, she wrote, "At this point I'm just hoping I get VIP family seating at the new Nuremberg trials."

Her remarks referred to the international trials held after World War II to prosecute major war criminals.