{"id":27440,"date":"2026-08-04T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27440"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:36:25","slug":"senator-curses-out-reporter-over-question-about-delayed-response-to-daughters-alleged-abuser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27440","title":{"rendered":"Senator Curses Out Reporter Over Question About Delayed Response to Daughter\u2019s Alleged Abuser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5747576\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5747576\" class=\"wp-image-5747576 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moreno.jpeg\" alt=\"Bernie Moreno\/Max Miller\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5747576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen. <strong>Bernie<\/strong> <strong>Moreno<\/strong> (R-OH) launched into a profanity-laced response Monday when asked why it took so long to publicly disavow his son-in-law, Rep. <strong>Max Miller<\/strong> (R-OH), after Moreno&#8217;s daughter accused him of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <strong>Emily<\/strong> <strong>Moreno<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/28\/us\/politics\/domestic-abuse-allegations-ohio-house-race.html\">accused<\/a> Miller, her ex-husband, of physically and emotionally abusing her throughout their marriage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/ohios-republican-gov-breaks-silence-on-shock-domestic-abuse-allegations-rocking-his-state-party\/\">alleging<\/a> he threw hot water on her, held a gun to her head, shoved her into a wall, and fractured their daughter&#8217;s collarbone. Miller has strongly denied the allegations and has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Ohio senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/gop-senator-says-i-dont-know-if-house-republican-accused-of-abusing-his-daughter-should-stay-on-ballot\/\">told<\/a> a NOTUS reporter, \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d when asked if Miller is fit to stand for reelection. Yet on Sunday, he finally made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/max-miller-needs-serious-psychological-help-gop-senator-destroys-house-republican-accused-of-abusing-his-daughter-calls-on-him-to-quit\/\">much longer statement<\/a>, calling the situation &#8220;horrific,&#8221; describing Miller&#8217;s behavior as &#8220;increasingly erratic and dangerous,&#8221; recommending &#8220;serious psychological help,&#8221; and declaring the congressman &#8220;should not serve in the House of Representatives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Semafor&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Burgess Everett<\/strong> posted on X that while speaking with reporters Monday, Moreno &#8220;basically [told] reporters to back off on Max Miller,&#8221; adding, &#8220;He didn\u2019t like being asked by one reporter why it took him so long to put out his statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"0c4aa0e09f1d6cf45f38d47fe74a007c\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Moreno basically tells reporters to back off on Max Miller<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t like being asked by one reporter why it took him so long to put out his statement: \u201cI hope you never have to go through this situation, because you wouldn\u2019t ask that kind of f$&amp;$ing question\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He put a\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Burgess Everett (@burgessev) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/burgessev\/status\/2084403284677193994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here, Everett seems to be referring to a question asked by CNN&#8217;s <strong>Ellis Kim<\/strong>. A more comprehensive explanation of the inquiry was posted by NBC News&#8217; <strong>Frank Thorp V<\/strong>, who wrote that Kim asked &#8220;why it took so long to issue a statement&#8221; on Miller.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"5c28797f28e121294048bb2821434b80\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen MORENO asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elliskkim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elliskkim<\/a> why it took so long to issue a statement on Rep Max Miller: <\/p>\n<p>MORENO: \u201cYou know, I hope you never have to go through a situation like this, and you wouldn\u2019t ask that kind of fucking question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frankthorp\/status\/2084404003547291702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;You know, I hope you never have to go through a situation like this, and you wouldn\u2019t ask that kind of f*cking question,&#8221; Moreno responded, according to Thorp.<\/p>\n<p>When Everett asked why he thinks Miller hasn&#8217;t yet taken his advice to resign, Moreno allegedly responded, &#8220;You\u2019ll have to ask him,&#8221; adding, \u201cLook, guys, this is about my personal family situation,&#8221; and calling the matter &#8220;grotesque.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/bernie-moreno-curses-out-reporter-over-question-about-delayed-response-to-daughters-alleged-abuser\/\">Senator Curses Out Reporter Over Question About Delayed Response to Daughter\u2019s Alleged Abuser<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) launched into a profanity-laced response Monday when asked why it took so long to publicly disavow his son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), after Moreno&#8217;s daughter accused him of domestic abuse. Last week, Emily Moreno accused Miller, her ex-husband, of physically and emotionally abusing her throughout their marriage, alleging he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moreno.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}