At the start of this week, there were three men in Congress whose reputations had imploded after being accused of misconduct against women: Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). On Tuesday, Gonzales and Swalwell resigned rather than face potential expulsion. Mills is different. He is hanging on despite facing a staggering number of scandals.

As I reported in a profile of Mills in February, the Florida congressman has been accused of hiring sex workers while on a “rescue mission” overseas, punching someone in Ireland while serving in Congress, earning a Bronze Star through false claims about saving the lives of multiple former Army comrades in Iraq, and of threatening to release sexually explicit content of an ex-girlfriend. In October, a Florida judge placed a temporary restraining order on Mills after finding that he subjected that ex-girlfriend to “dating violence” via cyberstalking. (Mills was also implicated earlier in 2025 in an alleged assault involving a different girlfriend, although the allegation was later retracted.)

Mills has gotten off surprisingly easy for someone facing thoroughly documented accusations. But that is now starting to shift. “I’m glad that Eric Swalwell is leaving. I’m glad that Tony Gonzales is leaving,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said earlier this week. “Frankly, I think Cory Mills should probably be on that list as well.” Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.) said bluntly about Mills on Tuesday, “He...

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