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A toddler’s blue stuffed bunny has become the emblem of the scandal now engulfing Rep. Max Miller \u2014 and the anchor of a scathing new essay in The Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Slavishly devoted\u2019 GOP can\u2019t escape the anchor dragging them into the abyss: expert<\/a><\/p>\n

Writer Elizabeth Bruenig used the bunny, which Miller’s 2-year-old daughter has slept with since birth, to frame a broader argument about the Ohio Republican. <\/p>\n

“Children are made for love, but not everyone who has a child is fit to love them,” Bruenig wrote.<\/p>\n

According to court documents and records published by Mother Jones, Miller repeatedly withheld the toy from his daughter, at times for days, despite pleas from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her father, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH). In her messages, Moreno alleged the withholding was meant to hurt her by proxy, through their child.<\/p>\n

“When someone else\u2019s pain pleases you, it is called sadism.There is no sound way to manage sadists in society, as normal behavioral incentives do not seem to apply to them. This makes them dangerous. They should probably not spend much time around other people. And they certainly shouldn\u2019t be around children, who can\u2019t defend themselves and can\u2019t understand how someone might thrive on suffering, because children are made for love,” Bruenig wrote.<\/p>\n

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The bunny feud sits inside far graver allegations. In their custody battle, Moreno has accused Miller of throwing scalding water on her, holding a gun to her head and shoving her into a wall, and has said she cannot rule out that he broke their daughter’s collarbone. Moreno and her daughter have since left Ohio for a secure location, the senator said.<\/p>\n

Miller denies all of it.<\/p>\n

“I have never abused our daughter,” he said. No criminal charges have been filed against him. He requested the House Ethics Committee investigate him and has refused to end his reelection campaign, even as Bernie Moreno and a growing number of Republicans demand he resign.<\/p>\n

Miller has also dismissed the bunny claims as lies, insisting his daughter got the toy back within 14 hours.<\/p>\n

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