To the following question, What are the ideological connections shared by Calvin Coolidge, Hitler, and Stephen Miller? Google AI responded:

The ideological connections between Calvin Coolidge, Adolf Hitler, and Stephen Miller are primarily centered on strict immigration restriction based on eugenics, nativism, and the pursuit of national “homogeneity” or “racial purity”.

While separated by different political contexts—1920s American conservatism, 1930s Nazism, and 21st-century American populism—they are linked through a chain of influence and shared admiration for the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), which was signed by Coolidge, praised by Hitler, and lauded by Miller.

Here are the specific, shared ideological connections:

1. The 1924 Immigration Act (Johnson-Reed Act)

• Calvin Coolidge: Signed the Act, which severely restricted immigration to the U.S. based on national origins, largely ending the era of open immigration. Coolidge articulated a desire for “keeping America American,” believing that “biological laws” dictated that “certain divergent people will not mix or blend”.
• Adolf Hitler: Specifically praised this U.S. law in Mein Kampf, citing it as a model for how the United States “sensibly” excluded “physically unhealthy elements” and specific races from entry.
• Stephen Miller: Has repeatedly praised the 1924 Act as a “heritage” to be followed, using it as a model for modern immigration restriction and advocating for policies that mirror its restrictive nature.

2. Nativism and “Keeping America American”

• Coolidge: Argued that immigration restriction was a “defensive action” intended to protect American “standards of life” and culture from being overwhelmed by unassimilated newcomers.
• Hitler: Advocated for extreme racial purity, believing that German blood was being “poisoned” by outsiders, a sentiment that fueled the Holocaust.
• Miller: Advocates for policies that favor native-born citizens and has been described as wanting to reverse post-1965 immigration trends to restore a more racially or culturally homogenous nation.

3. Eugenicist and Scientific Racism Views

• Coolidge-era context: The 1924 law was strongly supported by eugenicists, who claimed that Southern and Eastern Europeans (Italians, Jews, Slavs) were genetically inferior to “Nordic” populations.
• Hitler: Based his racial policies on, and expanded upon, these “scientific” theories, looking to American Jim Crow laws and immigration restrictions to inform the Nuremberg Laws.
• Miller: Leaked emails and research citations showed Miller’s interest in white nationalist websites (like VDARE) and ideas that echo early 20th-century eugenics, such as the “white genocide” conspiracy theory, which views immigration as a deliberate replacement of white populations.

Summary of Differences

• Coolidge was a mainstream US conservative operating within a democratic system in the 1920s, acting on widespread, though discriminatory, popular consensus.
• Hitler was a totalitarian dictator who turned these ideologies into state-sponsored murder and total war.
• Miller operates in the 21st century, adapting 1920s nativist rhetoric and policy goals into a modern populist “America First” agenda.

The connection, therefore, is not that they are identical in their actions, but that they share a common intellectual,, and policy-driven, commitment to using the power of the state to limit, or eliminate, immigration based on a belief that the nation should be preserved for a specific, preferred ethnic or racial group.