White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller didn’t hold back on Fox News Monday after Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tried to ridicule his height.

Ocasio-Cortez urged her supporters during a Sunday livestream to “laugh at” Miller, mocking his height and calling him a “clown” lashing out at others. Instead of taking the bait, Miller used the moment on “The Ingraham Angle” to hammer back, ridiculing Ocasio-Cortez’s intelligence and suggesting her presence is a liability to her own party.

“Well, we knew that her brain didn’t work. Now we know their eyes don’t work. I mean, she’s just a mess, right? What a train wreck,” Miller told host Laura Ingraham.

Miller said he’s 5 feet 10 inches tall, which is about one foot taller than Ocasio-Cortez suggested.

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Miller dismissed Ocasio-Cortez’s personal attack with a grin and turned the moment into a broader critique. (RELATED: ‘I Hope Middle America Gets Introduced To Her’: Victor Davis Hanson Explains What Happens If AOC Gets Nominated)

“I think the important point is that every time she’s on TV, Republican approval ratings go up. Democrat approval ratings go down. That lady is a walking nightmare,” Miller said.

Ocasio-Cortez’s attack on Miller follows a familiar pattern. In September she mocked Charlie Kirk as “uneducated” and “ignorant” just days after his assassination. Ocasio-Cortez was among 58 Democrats who voted against a resolution honoring Kirk as a “courageous American patriot” who “lived out his faith with conviction, courage, and compassion.”

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