August 6, 2026

"Let’s start there, with your former father-in-law’s story today about your daughter and the little blue bunny doll that she cannot sleep without."

Said Jake Tapper, quoted in "Bunny Dolls and Disturbing Allegations: Max Miller’s Strange CNN Interview/In a 23-minute appearance with the anchor Jake Tapper, the Ohio Republican made an unusual effort to rebut a multitude of allegations that have threatened his re-election bid" (NYT gift link).

The "former father-in-law" is Senator Bernie Moreno.

We're told: "Mr. Miller bobbed and weaved, criticizing Mr. Moreno, until Mr. Tapper interrupted. 'It’s not really the issue, though, right?' the anchor said. 'The issue is — the one I asked you about is — did you hold this doll hostage?' (Mr. Miller said 'no' before returning to his harangue about his father-in-law.)"

This is why you should never get divorced. You create all those "former" this and thats, and they might say anything. And make sure to always give your toddlers whatever toy they cry out for. You never know who might one day say that was the precise item without which the little cutie pie could not sleep. One day, it's your little daughter's mundane struggle over bedtime, and some day in the future it might be the symbol of what a monster you are. 

The last bit of the article: "Mr. Tapper concluded the interview by asking if 'anyone in your life' is telling Mr. Miller that 'it really might be in the best interests for your daughter and for your own mental health to drop out.' 'My daughter is going to grow up one day, and she’s going to see all of this,' Mr. Miller said. 'And she’s not going to see that her father caved to political and social media pressures for something that he never did.'"

26 comments:

Joe Bar said...

He's the incumbent. It would be foolish to drop out.

Lazarus said...

Decision 2026: What's on voters' minds?

'The issue is — the one I asked you about is — did you hold this doll hostage?'

It hasn't been a good summer for Jake Tapper. And Tapper's show is the one Miller appears on? To give Tapper a chance to play the fact seeker and moralist?

hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...

So these allegations are surfacing now? Why not last time?

Dave Begley said...

Why doesn't Jake Tapper drop out of the media business?

He pushed hard the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.

He knee Joe Biden was senile but never informed the public.

He went along with the Covid scam and we all now know that Fauci lied about - or was wrong - about nearly everything.

I have no idea what's going on with Max Miller, but this is a distraction.

Aggie said...

The Democrats are trying hard to 'Platner' Miller, and meanwhile Miller is doing a fairly good impression of a Platner implosion all by himself.

IamDevo said...

Just when it appears that the democrat party is fracturing along islamist/socialist versus the old guard lines, republicans decide it's time to "hold my beer" and air some dirty family laundry. It is impossible to make this stuff up.

Ann Althouse said...

"The Democrats are trying hard to 'Platner' Miller, and meanwhile Miller is doing a fairly good impression of a Platner implosion all by himself."

Seems to me Miller is standing his ground. Platner did not. I thought he should have and I said so at the time. This kind of attack on a candidate will continue if it is allowed to work.

Skeptical Voter said...

Jake Tapper--criminal prosecutor. It is to laugh. After all Jakie and his wife hosted Fauci for dinner.

Peachy+2 said...
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Peachy+2 said...

Jake Tapper(D) is a fucking evil liar. Jake Tapper is a Fauci pal and fraud.
Jake Tapper has ZERO credibility.

Jake Tapper kissed Biden's shriveling balls for 4 years - harassing his guests when any dare to point out what we all could see with our own eyes.
Then Jake Tapper had the audacity to write a book (for $$$$) to say - 'OMG! Biden was a dementia patient. I had no Idea - we were duped!" (the duped theme is strong in corrupt dem media circles)

Why would any R agree to an interview with that fraud?

Please - GOP grow a fucking brain.

mindnumbrobot said...

Tapper still hasn't said a single word about his number one bestest buddy and pal, Anthony Fauci. Bash either, or any other media personality on their collaboration with Fauci. Just waiting it out, hoping it blows over.

Who is the Miller guy, and why should I care? Does he have a Nazi tattoo, hangout out with Hasan Piker, declare himself a commie, or want to cancel Thanksgiving?

hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...

Item to Note>>>> this incumbent candidate is R with corresponding IQ

D.D. Driver said...

So these allegations are surfacing now? Why not last time?

Supposedly because Miller (R) is blackmailing Moreno (R) about Moreno's (R) gay lovers.

Because that is an excellent question: why would a father bite his tongue for years while his daughter suffers severe abuse? It doesn't add up, does it? 🍿

hombre said...

I don’t know if any of this is true, but Moreno is an asshole for washing his dirty family linen in public. Nevertheless, attacking Moreno and Jake Tapper may not have been Miller’s best defensive choices.

D.D. Driver said...

I don’t know if any of this is true, but Moreno is an asshole for washing his dirty family linen in public.

"Pointing a gun at your wife's head" is not "dirty family laundry." JFC. A father is NOT supposed to defend his daughter? The fuck is wrong with you people? MAGA is morally bankrupt.

Aggie said...

'...Seems to me Miller is standing his ground. Platner did not....' I watched part of the interview, and thought he did a poor job as a professional politician, presenting a case for himself. He must have known that Tapper was going to go for gotcha moments. I wonder why he wasn't better prepared for them.

Peachy+2 said...

The leftist hack fraud jurnos only attack R's like this.
All D's get a pass - and for much much worse.

tim maguire said...

My daughter had a stuffed bunny she loved the way Miller's daughter is portrayed as loving her bunny. If the allegation is true--that he refused to hand it over for personal reasons (which does appear to be true based on Miller's own published texts), then he is a monster who deserves every bad thing that happens to him.

walter said...

Bunny Gate

Iman said...

If it’s the lying, leftist clown Jake Tapper? Ain’t no person in they right mind got time for dat!

Josephbleau said...

Everyone in politics is a perv of one kind or another. Some just can hide it better. If you are not smart enough to hide it, get out. If you are falsely accused, well, you created the conditions. That is just tough love, man. Everyone out there is after you because your job has the sweet sweet smell of corrupt power and money.

Bob Boyd said...

One of these days a hermit crab is going to move into Jake Tapper.

Josephbleau said...

But if you have the strength, fight to the bitter end and accept the consequences.

Josephbleau said...

My recommendation here:

After my family has been targeted by this horrific calculated political attack by paid shills of the Democrat party, I see that false attacks done by evil partisans can destroy all you have and love, your children and your hard earned reputation. I am not by nature a quitter but when you are the victim of horrible lies you just have to ask yourself if the damage these bastards do is worth the risk of a career in public service, which I am good at and dearly love doing. I am leaving the race to rebuild the damage that these idiot liars have one to me and mine. And I will, in time, fight back with all my strength after the innocent people these dishonest cretins have so deeply hurt are healed.

Thay and may God bless us all.

D.D. Driver said...

@josephbleau That would work if it was "Democrat" liars, its actually a Republican Senator that is "spreading lies."

Peachy+2 said...

Mr. Miller said. 'And she’s not going to see that her father caved to political and social media pressures for something that he never did.'"

Leftist Cultists - Russia Russia!

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