Ohio GOP congressman claims to have been run off the road in the latest incident of violence against elected officials.

 

US Congressman Max Miller (R-Ohio). Politico/AP.

Ohio Republican Max Miller claims he was run off the road in the latest incident of violence against elected officials. Politico. Miller says he was run off the road on the way to work in Rocky River Ohio. The man shouted at him and showed him a Palestinian flag and made threats against the congressman. Miller, who is Jewish, described the incident as an act of antisemitism and said he would stand against all forms of hate. The incident comes after two Democratic figures in Minnesota were assassinated. Figures from both parties condemned the incident. 

The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control. Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my family was threatened by a person who proceeded to show a Palestinian flag before taking off. I have filed a police report with Capitol Police and… pic.twitter.com/H6JnupcRIA

— Max Miller (@MaxMillerOH) June 19, 2025

My Comment:

Very disturbing incident and another example of violence against public officials, a problem that is getting worse it seems. Miller could have been hurt or killed if he was really ran off the road like he says. I have little reason to doubt him, and he does seem to think that whoever did this will be arrested shortly.  

It is no surprise that the attacker in this incident had a Palestinian flag. These folks are deranged and I will never understand why. I have never though the Palestinians were at all sympathetic and that was before October 7th. But even if you did think that, how does running a Republican congressmen help anything? It doesn't and I don't think these people even care. 

I don't really think it even had too much to do with Miller himself or even the Israel-Gaza conflict, I just think that the folks on the left have embraced both antisemitism and attacking anyone that disagrees with them. They have no problem with blocking streets, starting riots and harassing innocent people, and I really think it's more about being a power trip than anything else. 

And it does seem like things are escalating. There have been several deaths targeting folks that are in support of Israel, and that firebombing attack in Colorado. And it does not seem like the Democrats are doing all that much to reign in the far left folks that either look the other way when something like this happens or openly support it. 

The other fear I have is that these most recent attacks show that our elected officials are quite vulnerable. Trump was one of the most well protected men in the world and he came with in an inch of being killed by an assassin, and then it almost happened again. Not to mention the most recent murders in Minnesota and the old Congressional baseball shooting. 

The fact of the matter is that elected officials are pretty easy to target and that means folks will unless something is done to ratchet down tensions in this country. What that even looks like at this point is beyond me, but something needs to happen. I do think that more of this violence is going to come from the left as they have taken a massive cultural and political loss since Trump has been elected. It's essentially a temper tantrum but one where folks get hurt and killed...