Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had a hard time answering questions about his support for Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who was accused by his ex-wife of severe physical abuse, especially in light of Jordan’s recent statements that former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner should have dropped out because of accusations of abuse against him.
Earlier this week, LGBTQ Nation reported on the accusations against Miller that appear in court documents related to divorce proceedings from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno.
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“On Saturday, June 8, 2024, I told Congressman Miller that I was planning to leave him,” Moreno wrote in one affidavit. “He got extremely upset. He took hot water from a pan he had just cooked eggs in and threw it at me. Shocked, I fell to the floor and lay there in a fetal position. Congressman Miller took the sprayer from the sink and continued to spray me with hot water.”
She added, “[He] regularly speaks to me in an inappropriate, aggressive and demeaning manner, which is not in the best interest of our child” and “has conducted dangerous physical behavior in the child’s presence.”
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Miller denies the accusations. He’s also up for reelection this year, and Jordan supported his reelection campaign.
CNN’s Kasie Hunt asked Jordan about that support: “Do you think that Max Miller, who denies this abuse, should he resign from Congress in light of the accusations?”
“This is a family matter,” Jordan responded, calling Miller “a good man.” “I hope he wins reelection.”
Hunt then pressed Jordan on the matter, listing out some of the accusations against Miller. She then played a clip of Jordan on the right-wing network Newsmax discussing Platner: “That’s always been the case with Democrats, it’s all about maintaining power. They will take any crazy position as long as it furthers their ability to win elections and get power.”
While Jordan was smiling in the Newsmax clip while railing against Platner over the abuse allegations, he was far less articulate on CNN talking about the accusations against Miller.
“I don’t know the context of the question I was asked about Mr. Platner,” Jordan started, and Hunt said that it was written on the screen that he was talking about the abuse allegations, not policy positions.
“Yeah, well, I- I- I don’t- I don’t know- I didn’t answer- I don’t know the answer to that question, I think I was dealing with just who he was as a candidate and the crazy antisemitic, anti-Israel, pro-Nazi positions that he has taken,” Jordan stammered.
Hunt then tried to end the interview, but Jordan continued: “And frankly, it wasn’t- It wasn’t me- It wasn’t me that kicked him off the ballot, it was the Democrats.”
It’s not clear that Jordan was aware that he was making Hunt’s point for her at the end: Democrats pressured Platner to exit the Senate race after the abuse allegations came to light, while Jordan is standing by Miller, who is also facing abuse allegations.
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