¶ How To Win Against Max Miller
Max Miller has voted against Ohioans to give the wealthiest Americans’ tax breaks and support an agenda that raised costs and left Ohioans behind. When he campaigned, Miller promised to fight for seniors and workers but voted to cut Medicare by $500 billion, voted for a bill that would kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance including more than 22,000 of his own constituents, and voted to cut food assistance that more than 21,000 households in his district relied on the afford groceries. Miller voted to protect Trump’s tariffs six different times, even as it became clear they were hurting Ohio businesses, manufacturers, and causing layoffs. Miller supported DOGE and was proud to support its budget cuts that harmed Ohio’s food banks, farmers, and fair housing organizations. Miller requested that the National Guard be sent to Cleveland despite crime rates going down. Miller was also no stranger to legal battles. Miller accused someone of threatening his life in an antisemitic road rage incident, but his account of events was questioned in a defamation suit – the case is still ongoing. Miller had a contentious relationship with his ex-wife and was recently accused of speaking to her in a demeaning manner and having conducted dangerous physical behavior in the presence of their child. Miller also filed a defamation suit against his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Grisham shortly after she published an op-ed about an abusive relationship she had been in with a fellow White House staffer during the first Trump administration. Miller has demonstrated time and time again that he’s wrong for Ohio’s 7th congressional district.
¶ MILLER COURTED SENIORS AND WORKERS WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING, BUT WHEN HE GOT TO CONGRESS, HIS PROMISES VAPORIZED
- On the campaign trail in 2021, Miller promised to be a fierce advocate for seniors. Since being elected, he voted for the Big Beautiful Bill, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would trigger more than $500 billion in cuts to Medicare absent future congressional action. Miller then turned around and told constituents that Medicare had not been touched by the Big Beautiful Bill.
- On the Labor Day before his first election, Miller promised that he would always put workers first, but since entering congress he has only voted in favor of working people 14% of the time and he stripped federal workers of their bargaining rights and other protections.
Message: Miller voted against Ohio workers and seniors after promising he would fight for them.
¶ MILLER PROUDLY VOTED TO TAKE HEALTH COVERAGE FROM MORE THAN 22,000 OHIOANS IN THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
- Miller voted for a bill that would kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance including more than 22,000 of his own constituents. Miller told Ohioans that his vote secured Medicaid for the most vulnerable despite the reality that the bill he voted for would kick 12 million Americans off the program.
- Miller said the Affordable Care Act was a failure and one of the costliest pieces of legislation in our nation’s history regardless of the fact that it provided more than 583,000 Ohioans with access to health insurance.
- Miller ultimately voted to extend enhanced ACA premiums tax credits, but not before he made sure his constituents knew he felt they were unsustainable and irresponsible. However, his vote was too little too late, the credits expired, causing tens of thousands of Ohioans to drop coverage and premiums to spike.
Message: Miller proudly voted to rip away health coverage from Ohioans all to fund billionaire tax breaks.
¶ MILLER BACKED TRUMP’S TARIFFS THAT MADE LIFE HARDER FOR OHIOANS
- Miller voted six times to protect the tariffs, including in April 2025 when he was the deciding vote to protect them, even though they made things more expensive for Ohio businesses, hurt 18% of Ohio manufacturers, and caused massive layoffs across the country. Consumer products like coffee, sugar, and appliances got as much as 33% more expensive after 100 days of Trump’s tariffs.
- Even after it was clear how Trump’s tariffs and trade policy devastated Ohioans, Miller sent a letter to the Trump Administration that commended their ongoing trade efforts.
Message: Miller was the deciding vote to make Ohioans pay higher prices.
¶ MILLER VOTED TO CUT FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR OHIOANS WHO RELIED ON IT TO AFFORD GROCERIES
- In 2025, Miller voted for a bill that made the largest SNAP cut in history. His vote threatened food assistance for more than 21,000 households in the 7th congressional district. Miller has always been skeptical of the program his constituents rely on to afford groceries; in 2023 he tried to limit access to SNAP and claimed program recipients make SNAP a lifestyle.
Message: Miller voted to cut food assistance that Ohioans relied on to afford groceries all to fund tax breaks for millionaires.
¶ MILLER SAID DOGE WAS VERY EXCITING AND WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT ITS DISASTROUS BUDGET CUTS AT THE EXPENSE OF OHIO SERVICES
- Miller initially thought DOGE had some very exciting ideas and then proudly voted to codify its cuts. He supported the agency even as its cuts hurt Ohio’s food banks, farmers, and fair housing organizations. DOGE also caused mass layoffs, longer wait times and frequent website crashes at the Social Security Administration, hurting Ohio seniors’ ability to access services.
Message: Miller was excited about cuts that hurt Ohio seniors, food banks, and farmers.
¶ MILLER REQUESTED THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD BE DEPLOYED TO CLEVELAND EVEN THOUGH CLEVELAND’S CRIME RATE HAD DROPPED SINCE THE PANDEMIC
- Miller praised Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to DC to “lower crime” and asked for the Ohio national guard to be deployed to Cleveland even though crime and violent deaths have dropped dramatically in Cleveland since the pandemic.
Message: Miller wanted the National Guard to be deployed to Cleveland even though crime was trending downward in the city.
¶ MILLER HAS HAD EXTENSIVE LEGAL ISSUES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
- Last June, Miller accused someone of running him off the road, threatening his life and that of his family, and shouting antisemitic remarks at him. As a result of Miller’s accusation, Hamdan’s place of work was raided and he was charged with ethnic intimidation and aggravated menacing. During the proceedings, Hamdan’s legal team presented Hamdan’s footage of the incident, ODOT surveillance footage, data from Hamdan’s Tesla, and testimony from an acoustic expert that contradicted claims of Miller’s account. Hamdan later pleaded guilty to lesser charges then sued Miller for defamation. Miller recently filed legal papers that accused Hamdan of a premeditated antisemitic attack and of conspiring to fake evidence. The case is ongoing.
- Miller has had a contentious legal history with his ex-wife. In August 2024, Miller filed for divorce from Emily Moreno Miller. The couple eventually reached a settlement before the case went to trial where Miller had subpoenaed Moreno Miller’s father Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno to testify. The settlement included a joint custody agreement that his ex-wife recently requested to change after she alleged Miller spoke to her in an aggressive and demeaning manner and conducted dangerous physical behavior in the presence of their daughter.
- In October 2021, Stephanie Grisham wrote an opinion piece alleging an abusive relationship she had with another member of White House staff. She claimed she told both Donald and Melania Trump about the abuse and they did nothing to help her. Shortly after the op-ed was published Miller filed a defamation suit against Grisham. Two years later, he voluntarily dropped the lawsuit after both parties came to an agreement.
¶ MILLER HELPED PLAN TRUMP’S RALLY ON JANUARY 6TH, THEN CAMPAIGNED TO UNSEAT THE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH TRUMP BECAUSE OF JANUARY 6TH
- Former OH-16 Republican Congressman Anthony Gonzales voted to impeach Trump for his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Gonzales knew voting for impeachment would have negative impacts on his political career but voted for it anyway.
- Shortly after, Trump endorsed Miller’s campaign for congress in Gonzales’ district making Miller the first of many “revenge endorsements.”
- At the end of 2021, Miller was subpoenaed by the House select committee that investigated the January 6th riot at the US Capitol to testify regarding his involvement in planning the rally on January 6th. Miller complied but called the House select committee a “partisan committee that has weaponized its powers against innocent Americans.”
Message: Miller was so entrenched in MAGA loyalism that he was hand-picked to punish an incumbent that stood up to Trump and voted to impeach him.
¶ Issue Briefs
¶ Max Miller Supported Policies That Hurt Everyday Ohioans
Miller Promised To Fight For Working People, Then Voted To Take Away Their Health Coverage
Miller Promised To Be A Fierce Advocate For Seniors, Then Supported Policies That Would Hurt Services They Rely On
Miller Voted To Cut Food Assistance Ohioans Relied On To Afford Groceries
Miller Supported Tariffs That Raised Prices On Ohioans
Miller Proudly Supported An Agency That Hurt Services Ohioans Relied On
Miller Requested The National Guard Be Deployed To Cleveland Even Though The City's Crime Rate Had Dropped Since The Pandemic
¶ Max Miller Used His Power To Benefit The Powerful And Himself
Miller Has Had Extensive Legal Issues Over The Past Five Years
Miller Helped Plan Trump's January 6th Rally, Then Campaigned To Unseat The GOP Congressman Who Voted To Impeach Trump Over January 6th
Miller's Key Votes In Congress