Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), facing a Wednesday deadline to be removed from the Ohio ballot if Republicans replace him, pointed to President Donald Trump’s own accusers as his model for refusing to step aside.

Miller made the comparison during a Newsmax interview after host Rob Finnerty pressed him on whether he planned to leave the race before the deadline. The discussion came hours after Trump privately told Miller that his reelection was in trouble, according to Axios.

The dispute now sits at the intersection of a campaign deadline, public accusations, and a House Ethics Committee review, putting pressure on Miller to defend both his candidacy and his conduct while Ohio Republicans weigh their options.

Two women have publicly accused Miller of physical abuse. He denies the allegations.

"What I find very interesting about these questions is that when we go all the way back to 2015, 2016, and people in the media looked at President Donald J. Trump, everyone came out with allegations," Miller said on Newsmax.

"Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct [allegations]. And do you want to know what he did, Rob? He stayed in the fight. Because Americans see — and one of the qualities that they respect the most is somebody who is resilient," Miller said.

Finnerty rejected the comparison.

"This is a totally different situation. You're not Donald Trump," he said.

Trump was found liable for sexual abuse by a federal jury in 2023. The 2016 episode Miller referenced was the Access Hollywood tape, in which Trump boasted about groping women, not allegations of physical violence.

"Those are just words. We're talking about what may be physical abuse. They're not the same," Finnerty said.

Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, accuses him in court filings of pointing a gun at her head, throwing scalding water at her, pushing her into a wall, and fracturing their two-year-old daughter’s collarbone. Miller denies all of the allegations. He says three prior investigations cleared him, although that claim could not be independently verified.

"But there are multiple women that have at least made allegations against you … that makes three different women, which to me points to a pattern," Finnerty said.

"I don't even know what you're talking about," Miller replied.

"But by three different women. You see what I'm saying? So you're saying they're all lying. Everybody's lying," Finnerty pressed.

"Well, where's the proof?" Miller said.

On Monday in Cuyahoga County court, Trump’s former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham filed for a restraining order against Miller, accusing him of violating a settlement agreement — a legally binding deal — stemming from a prior lawsuit in which she alleged he pushed her against a wall and slapped her.

The day before, Miller’s ex-father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), spoke publicly about the allegations. "If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve in the House of Representatives," Bernie Moreno posted on X on Sunday.

The House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it is reviewing the allegations.