Max Miller, US Republican Consultant candidate for Ohio, takes the stage throughout a ‘Save America’ rally in Vandalia, Ohio, US, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.
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Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio mentioned his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller, mustn’t serve within the Home of Representatives and “wants severe psychological assist” after the senator’s daughter accused the congressman of home abuse.
“If there are any primary requirements of character required to carry elected workplace, Max Miller fails them. He mustn’t serve within the Home of Representatives,” Moreno, who was elected to the Senate in 2024, mentioned in an announcement posted to X on Sunday. “I consider Max Miller wants to hunt skilled assist to finish the clear sample of abuse he has left in his wake.”
Moreno’s assertion comes as Miller, R-Ohio, who denies the allegations in opposition to him, runs for reelection in a solidly purple district. In a video assertion Sunday, Miller mentioned he is not going to again out of his reelection bid because the allegations threaten to engulf his marketing campaign and value the GOP a seat.
Emily Moreno has accused Miller, her ex-husband, of assault throughout their marriage. She has claimed he threw scorching water on her, held a gun to her head and broke their daughter’s collarbone. Miller has mentioned the claims should not true and has accused his ex-wife of getting psychological well being challenges.
“Each considered one of these allegations traces again to a single supply, my former spouse,” Miller mentioned within the assertion, the place he countered her claims. “Not considered one of these allegations has ever been substantiated by any courtroom or any company.”
Miller additionally launched a set of information that he mentioned would exonerate him.
Emily Moreno’s spokesperson, Stefan Mychajliw, mentioned in an announcement following the video, that it’s “shameful that Max Miller determined to go on a weird and lie-filled rant about his ex-wife to desperately attempt to save his political profession.”
Ohio Republican Senator-elect Bernie Moreno on the CNBC CFO Council Summit 2024 in Washington, D.C.
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“There’s a documented trove of proof that Miller has a historical past of violent and harmful habits and no quantity of sufferer shaming will change that,” Mychajliw mentioned. “Miller can lie and spin on X, however he can’t achieve this underneath oath in a courtroom of regulation. We’re assured that justice will prevail in courtroom.”
Miller’s election in Ohio is important for the 2026 midterms, which is able to decide the steadiness of energy within the Home and Senate for the rest of President Donald Trump’s time period. Democrats are favored within the contest, holding a 6.4% level benefit within the RealClearPolitics generic poll common. And whereas Miller’s seat was not seen as a possible flip for Democrats, a cascading scandal may put the seat in play.
Brian Poindexter, the Democratic challenger within the district, mentioned Sunday that nobody “credibly accused of holding a gun to his spouse’s head and breaking their two-year-old daughter’s collarbone belongs within the halls of energy.”
Sen. Moreno’s assertion on Sunday was one of many first he is made because the new particulars concerning the allegations in opposition to Miller had been blown into public view. Republicans face a urgent Aug. 5 deadline, the final day that Miller can withdraw in time for a substitute to be named.
“As he has admitted privately, Max Miller wants severe psychological assist,” the senator mentioned. “He’s a hazard to my daughter, and I maintain my breath each minute he has custody of my granddaughter.”
Miller, in his video assertion, made clear he has no intention of withdrawing.
“I am not getting out of this race, and I am successful in November,” Miller mentioned.
