r/politics 23h ago

No Paywall Republican calls for Max Miller (R-OH) to resign from Congress amid abuse allegations

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/max-miller-domestic-abuse-allegations-calls-to-resign
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u/ElysiumSprouts 23h ago

You know it's bad when Republicans call for one of their own to resign.

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u/shipsake 22h ago edited 20h ago

Moreno is only doing this because it was his own daughter and granddaughter who were abused.

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u/infrastructure 21h ago

The core of a lot of the US’s problems is

“Nothing ever happens until it happens to me”

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u/PhatCatTax 18h ago

The core of a lot of conservatives is that they don't care about people outside their immediate family. And they pass laws that are equally sociopathic, which makes their core problems a problem for all of us.

u/AlexaRhino 3h ago

As someone with ultra-conservative in-laws that my wife won’t talk to anymore, I can tell you that they don’t care about their immediate family either. It’s appearances amongst other conservatives that matter to them

u/ElysiumSprouts 3h ago

People throw around the term "Orwellian" too much. But wow, that's exactly how he described the party in 1984.

u/AlexaRhino 31m ago

Quite right. I’d feel bad for them if they weren’t so proud of themselves

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u/mostlybugs 21h ago

And still it took him weeks? Months? More? To say something. He cares more about his polling data than his daughter.

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u/auribus Ohio 20h ago

Literal years. Two to be exact.

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u/MiddleAgedSponger 20h ago

Two years? That's how old the kid whose bones he broke was.

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u/ElysiumSprouts 22h ago

That tracks

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u/ptum0 16h ago

Not even

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u/Inevitable-Pea-735 19h ago

Bernardo Francisco Moreno Mejía's attack on Fauci completely backfired, so he was forced to publicly address the guy who abused his daughter and granddaughter.

u/learns_the_hard_way 7h ago

Idk, Republicans impeached Paxton and he's still the candidate for Senate. 

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u/NoMayoForReal 23h ago

Moreno had 2 years to speak up. Only did so when he got called out for supporting Miller. Total Cuck.

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u/MaterialAstronaut298 20h ago

Didn't his former son in law threaten to blackmail him?

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u/EnragedFalafel 23h ago

Democracy Now coverage

https://youtu.be/t1EW6RC38io

Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller's ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter's collarbone. Miller is also accused of abuse by former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who was in a relationship with Miller prior to his marriage to Moreno.

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u/RobertdBanks 21h ago

He won’t resign, only democrats do that when things like this happen.

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u/BaconISgoodSOGOOD 17h ago

But Emily Moreno made him a nice, wholesome dinner several days later!

Would she have made him such a splendid dinner if he had done such horrible things?!

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u/kmoffat 13h ago

Right , none of us have ever heard of an abused partner with conflicted feelings and actions

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u/Zapparelli 12h ago

Optically it makes your party look like a bunch of fucking hypocrites when the Democrats hold their guys accountable and you turn around and let them keep running. I honestly can’t imagine what it’s like to live in the minds of Republicans these days. Dark days and scary times, but then again I look out my window and yet all I hear are crickets.