After 12 years of marriage and less than two years into his congressional career, Georgia Republican Rep. Rich McCormick has filed for divorce from his oncologist wife, Dr. Debra Miller.
The case was filed by McCormick on May 3. A mutual restraining order was also filed, DailyMail.com first reported.
McCormick and Miller, his second wife, share seven children and live in Suwanee, Georgia. When asked about the reason for the divorce, Miller texted DailyMail.com: “I’m sure he won’t be forthcoming.”
Capitol insiders say McCormick has often been seen acting overly friendly with a Republican House member, Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas.
A GOP member told DailyMail.com that he had seen McCormick and Van Duyne ‘holding hands under the table’ at the weekly Republican Study Committee luncheon over the past three or four months and that they had seen him ‘grabbing the small of his back’ on the House Floor during votes.
Two witnesses say they saw him and Beth holding hands, and one of them witnessed it as the couple left the polls.
After 12 years of marriage and less than two years into his congressional career, Georgia Republican Rep. Richard McCormick has filed for divorce from his oncologist wife, Dr. Debra Miller.
Capitol insiders say McCormick has often been seen acting overly friendly with a Republican House member, Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas (above).
And during the State of the Union on March 7, the two could be seen sitting and laughing together while watching Biden’s speech.
McCormick even reached out to gently squeeze Van Duyne’s arm in a tender moment between the pair.
When asked if the divorce involved an alleged affair he may have had with a colleague, his soon-to-be ex-wife Miller responded: “You should ask Rich and his colleague.”
A third witness told DailyMail.com that he had seen Van Duyne holding onto McCormick’s arm as he left the Longworth office building late at night.
When asked about the cozy behavior and the divorce, a spokesperson for McCormick told DailyMail.com: ‘Congressman McCormick and Dr Miller have been separated for quite some time. He has kept it private and will continue to keep his personal life out of the media spotlight.
A representative for Van Duyne declined to comment to DailyMail.com.
They were photographed together as recently as during the Christmas holidays. But he notably didn’t include his wife in a recent Mother’s Day post on X.
McCormick’s Facebook account says the couple married on August 16, 2011.
McCormick spent more than 20 years as a pilot in both the Marine Corps and Navy and was also an emergency room physician at Gwinnett Medical Center in Georgia.
He is in his first term in Congress, which he entered in January 2023. He ran unsuccessfully for Georgia’s 7th District in 2020 against Democrat Carolyn Bordeaux.
In November, McCormick was the lead author of a censure resolution for Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for “promoting false narratives about Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and for calling for the destruction of the State of Israel “.
Van Duyne is a Republican congresswoman from Texas.
McCormick says he and his wife have been separated for “quite a while.” They were photographed together as recently as during the Christmas holidays.
McCormick is in his first term in Congress, having joined in January 2023.
McCormick’s Facebook account says the couple married on August 16, 2011.
The case was filed by McCormick on May 3. A mutual restraining order was also filed.
McCormick, a Navy and Army veteran, arrived in Congress in early 2023
McCormick with his oncologist wife and seven children
When asked if the divorce was due to an alleged affair she had with a colleague, Miller responded: “You should ask Rich and his colleague.”
Shortly after, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who had also filed an unsuccessful censure of Tlaib, accused McCormick of becoming physically aggressive toward her.
Sources told CNN that in a private meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson in December, Greene claimed her colleague “grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her” and asked the president to address the issue. .
‘I understand why there would be a lot of raw emotions after the no-confidence vote, given that his censure was postponed and mine was approved. “My intention was to encourage Rep. Greene with a friendly gesture,” McCormick said.
He denied being physically aggressive towards her.