Moreno calls for Miller, former son-in-law, to resign over abuse allegations
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Comments: by Tara Suter - 08/02/26 1:37 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Tara Suter - 08/02/26 1:37 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) pressed for his fellow Ohio Republican and former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller, to resign in the wake of abuse allegations involving Moreno’s daughter and granddaughter, adding that he thinks the GOP representative needs “serious psychological help.”
“If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve in the House of Representatives,” Moreno wrote on social media Sunday morning.
“I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake. I believe he should not be free to continue endangering others until he does,” he added.
On Friday, Moreno sidestepped a question on whether Miller should stay on the ballot after the lawmaker was alleged to have abused his ex-wife Emily Moreno, the senator’s daughter. When asked by NOTUS if Miller should go forward with his reelection bid, Moreno gave a short reply and declined to elaborate.
“I don’t know,” he said, per NOTUS.
Political pressure has increased on Miller after Emily Moreno alleged in court filings that her ex-husband tossed hot water on her, held a gun to her head and broke their daughter’s collarbone. Miller has denied the claims and sued Emily Moreno for defamation.
“Out of concern for the safety of my family, I hoped to keep this matter private but Max Miller’s increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior has made that impossible,” Moreno wrote in his Sunday social media post.
“As he has admitted privately, Max Miller needs serious psychological help. He is a danger to my daughter, and I hold my breath every minute he has custody of my granddaughter.”
Miller shot back at Moreno in his own social media post, saying “if my daughter said the same thing to me, I personally wouldn’t wait two years before holding him accountable.”
“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,” he added.
In a livestream Sunday , Miller also stated that he’d “been portrayed as an abusive husband, an abusive father and a violent man.”
“Those allegations have damaged my reputation, caused enormous pain to my family and most importantly, it’s affected our daughter,” Miller added.
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