Bernie Moreno says Miller fails minimum standard for office
Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller will appear on the November ballot after missing the deadline to withdraw as a candidate, a step that would have let the GOP field a replacement in time for the election.
Miller vowed last week to resist a growing number of resignation calls from members of his own party over domestic abuse allegations leveled by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno.
The pressure intensified Sunday when Bernie Moreno, the GOP senator and Trump ally who is Miller’s ex-father-in-law, said Miller should not serve in the House. “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them,” Moreno posted. “He should not serve in the House of Representatives.”
Addressing reporters, Moreno described the dispute between his daughter and Miller as “truly the seventh level of hell,” adding that it “has been a horrific experience for my entire family.” He went on: “This has been brutal beyond comprehension, and if there’s any minimum standard for being an elected official, as I said, he fails to meet that minimum basic standard.”
The allegations against Miller come from Emily Moreno, the senator’s daughter, who has accused him of pointing a gun at her head, pouring hot water on her and potentially breaking the collarbone of their two-year-old daughter. She has also alleged Miller physically attacked her attorney and another legal representative, and she filed for a restraining order on her lawyer’s behalf. The two are now in a custody dispute.
With the withdrawal deadline passed, Miller remains the GOP’s candidate for the November election, leaving the party no opportunity to find a replacement before voters head to the polls.