Moore on Stephen Miller: ‘I will work with anybody. I will bow to nobody’

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Tuesday expressed a willingness to work with new White House chief of staff Stephen Miller.

“Listen, I always respect a president’s decision — or an executive decision — to have a chief of staff who they want as their chief of staff,” Moore said at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s B20 USA 2026 event when asked about collaborating with the new chief of staff.

“It is not lost on me at all that Stephen Miller is the architect of some of the most racist, xenophobic, homophobic policies that we have in the United States of America,” he added. “And I think we have to be honest about that. But, you know, one thing I’ve always said to the people of my state is I will work with anybody. I will bow to nobody.”

Last week , President Trump announced that his then-chief of staff Susie Wiles was exiting the White House and Miller, a longtime adviser, would take up her role.

Miller’s promotion followed Republicans’ blowout loss in this year’s 2026 midterm elections, with Democrats poised to take the House and Senate next year.

“I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Susie Wiles, who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation,” he continued. “I want to thank her for her service as Chief of Staff — She has done a great job!”

Most Democrats have decried Miller’s stances on immigration enforcement. The new chief of staff is a hardliner when it comes to immigration and is seen as the architect behind the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.