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Here’s How the Cobrasnake Politically Defeated One of Trump’s Top Advisers

The infamous 2000s party photographer defeated a young Stephen Miller in a 2002 student body council election.
Photo of Mark Hunter by Justin Charles/Flickr, photo of Stephen Miller via Wikimedia Commons

Just when you thought no Trump-related news could bring you any joy, a video has emerged of senior White House adviser Stephen Miller giving a revealing speech that cost him a high school election to one of nightlife's most infamous figures, Mark "The Cobrasnake" Hunter. LAist uncovered that the Muslim ban-architect went to highschool with the 2000's party photographer—and lost a contentious Santa Monica High School student council election in 2002 to the burgeoning party boy.

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Yes, The Cobrasnake: a beloved voyeur here at VICE who called himself a hipster "even before hipsters were a thing" and credits himself with the earth-shattering trend of rimless glasses. It transpired that before he turned his passions to party photography, Hunter was on his political party's student council ticket as VP. The young Cobrasnake ended up besting one of the axis-of-evil members currently holed up in the oval office.

From watching the video, apparently Miller was a burgeoning racist even then. The clip shows his campaign speech in which he criticized the high school janitors for not doing their jobs well enough. The woke kids of SaMoHi walked out in protest of Miller and voted The Cobrasnake into office instead after his stirring "vote for me, please" campaign speech.

Our nomination for Official Staff Photographer of the #TrumpImpeachmentParty? The Cobrasnake—he slithers again!