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Moreno attacks Miller
Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno said Sunday that his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller, “should not serve in the House of Representatives” amid domestic abuse allegations involving Moreno’s daughter Emily Moreno.
““He should not serve in the House of Representatives,” Moreno said.”
Moreno wrote on X that “Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake,” and he said he is “a danger to my daughter” while he “hold[s] my breath every minute he has custody of my granddaughter.”
Miller, a fellow Ohio Republican, responded on X by denying the allegations and saying, “You know this isn’t true and the only reason you are speaking out now is to hide from your own media circus. This is all political.”
The dispute has played out alongside Miller’s reelection bid, with Miller saying in a livestream, “I’m not getting out of this race, and I’m winning in November, and I’ll be back in the 120th.”
Custody, courts, and replies
Moreno’s comments followed Miller’s livestream denial, in which Miller said he is staying in his race and argued that the allegations were not substantiated by any court or government agency.
In response to Moreno, Miller said, “If my daughter said the same thing to me, I personally wouldn’t wait two years before holding him accountable,” and he accused Moreno of speaking out for political reasons.
Emily Moreno’s spokesperson Stefan Mychajliw said it was “shameful that Max Miller decided to go on a bizarre and lie-filled rant about his ex-wife to desperately try to save his political career,” and Mychajliw said there is “a documented trove of evidence” of “violent and dangerous behavior.”
The allegations described in the reporting include claims that Emily Moreno accused Miller of throwing hot water on her, holding a gun to her head, and breaking their two-year-old daughter’s collarbone, while Miller denied abusing his wife or daughter and sued for defamation.
Pressure and what’s at risk
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would “look at” the domestic abuse allegations against Miller after being asked whether the Ohio Republican should resign.
““I’m going to look at it,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One when asked whether the Ohio Republican should resign.”
Trump’s response came as the controversy threatened to affect Miller’s reelection prospects, with a poll reviewed by NOTUS showing Miller underwater in his district and his Democratic opponent Brian Poindexter up 5 percentage points at 44% to Miller’s 39%.
The reporting also tied the stakes to a ballot deadline, with Axios noting that the extraordinary public split between two Trump-aligned Ohio Republicans comes days before the state’s deadline to replace Miller on the ballot with a special election.
Democrats are targeting the seat as Miller insists on staying in the race, while Poindexter said Sunday that no one “credibly accused of holding a gun to his wife’s head and breaking their two-year-old daughter’s collarbone belongs in the halls of power.”
