His Former Father-in-Law Called Him a Danger. Will Republicans Step Up?

Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion.

Yet another member of Congress has been accused of mistreating women: Representative Max Miller, Republican of Ohio. With so many stories of politicians behaving badly oozing up of late — don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Chuck Edwards! — it can be hard to keep track.

But Mr. Miller deserves his own heap of scrutiny. The allegations against him are of domestic violence, rather than of sexual abuse or creepiness, and he is trying to wriggle out of what should be the scandal’s natural consequences. The congressman has requested that the House Ethics........

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