Everybody Hates Cory

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/cory-mills-florida-investigation-profile-stolen-valor-trump-sex-workers-pacem-restraining-order-miss-us/

Over the past few months, I have spoken to over a dozen people who know Rep. Cory Mills. Nearly everyone, I found, dislikes him. Some outright despise him: “repulsive and vile,” “schmuck,” “little bitch.” Others were more formal. “I have no use for people with no honor,” an Idaho firearms instructor who worked with Mills in the Middle East told me. The most blunt was a veteran who once reported to Mills in the Army. He told me of the congressman from Florida: “I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.”

In our divided age, Mills—a bearded 45-year-old man fond of fabric-straining shirts—is the rare unifying figure in politics. Members of both parties have tried to censure him. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace called Mills a “disgrace” and moved to kick him off his committees in the House last year. (She was supported by MAGA Reps. Lauren Boebert and Anna Paulina Luna.) Congressional Democrats have moved to censure him three times.

Mills’ detractors can flip through a Rolodex of scandals and red flags. Just in 2025: A woman called 911 about alleged domestic violence by Mills, former associates came forward to claim Mills hired sex workers while on a “rescue mission” abroad, fellow veterans told the press that Mills earned a Bronze Star through stolen valor, and an ex-girlfriend (not the woman who called 911) sought and received a restraining order against Mills.

The congressman has publicly pushed back on some of these scandals. The domestic violence allegation was later retracted, and Mills has defended his military record while also saying he is “not in position to dispute different recollections during chaotic wartime events.”

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