Dick Polman: Ohio is ground zero for amoral MAGA depravity |
Here we are, just scant days away from the crucial midterm elections, and if you really want to understand why the MAGA Republicans seem destined to lose control of Congress, check out the macho meathead who’s running for re-election in Ohio.
I’m well aware the most farcical story in Ohio right now is the TV ad sponsored by character assassin Vivek Ramaswamy, the MAGA gubernatorial candidate, who decided to exploit the fact opponent Amy Acton was raped as a child.
But the sick saga of Max Miller arguably deserves an equally prominent place in the MAGA hall of infamy.
His own father-in-law publicly demanded that Miller quit his House race – “This is truly the seventh circle of hell. My daughter lives in constant fear of this man” – and what’s truly astonishing is the father-in-law is Bernie Moreno, one of Ohio’s Republican senators.
In a more rational political climate, there would be zero tolerance for a male congressman who’s been credibly accused of beating up his wife. It’s what happened not long ago when Maine Democrats drove Graham Platner out of their Senate race.
Alas, MAGA-world doesn’t run that way.
Miller and Emily Moreno got married at Trump’s Bedminster Country Club in 2022, with Trump in attendance. By........