Police Arrest Man Accused of Running Jewish Congressman Off Road While Waving Palestinian Flag, Making Threats

Police in Rocky River, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, announced on Friday they had arrested a man accused of running Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) off the road and making antisemitic threats.

Miller, a former aide to President Donald Trump and one of four Jewish Republicans in the House, posted a video on social media Thursday about 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

According to Miller, a “deranged man” ran him off the road, threatened him and his family, waved a Palestinian flag, and made antisemitic comments. He called 911 and made reports with both the local Rocky River Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police, who have national jurisdiction to protect members of Congress and their families. During the 911 call, he was able to identify the man’s license plate number and held up the phone for the 911 dispatcher to hear the honking and yelling from the man’s car.

A partial clip of Miller’s 911 call is below, posted by The Forward.

“I was just driving to work, and I was cut off by a man in a Tesla who held up a Palestinian flag to me, and then rolled down his window and said that ‘I’m going to cut your throat and your daughter’s,’” said Miller to the 911 dispatcher. “And he said, ‘You’re a dirty Jew. I’m going to fucking kill you all, and I know who you are and where you live.’”

“I am a little shaken, to be quite honest,” Miller added. “I have a weapon on me. I’m glad I didn’t use it.”

Both Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders have condemned the incident, especially in the aftermath of the horrifying shootings of two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses, which killed two and left two seriously wounded.

NBC News senior national political reporter Henry J. Gomez reported that Miller had signed a criminal complaint for aggravated menacing, the police had investigated, and an arrest warrant was issued for Feras S. Hamdan of Westlake, Ohio.

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