Representative Justin Amash Quits The GOP Party
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With Primary Challenger Reportedly Surging, Justin Amash, Who Backs Trump's Impeachment, Quits GOPWell, he already left the House Freedom Caucus. He’s for the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. It’s not shocking that Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) decided to declare his intention to leave the Republican Party. It’s the usual crap from these clowns. He’s doing it because of principles. That’s fine, but even his stance on why eh supported Trump’s impeachment was a bit shaky since it means buying into the alleged (and probable) abuse of power that was exercised by the government against the Trump campaign during the 2016 election....
From the Left
Justin Amash, sole Republican in Congress to support Trump impeachment, says he's now an independentMichigan Rep. Justin Amash said Thursday that he's leaving the Republican party to become an independent as modern politics remains "trapped in a partisan death spiral."
Penning an op-ed in the Washington Post on the July 4th holiday, Amash described how he had become "disenchanted with party politics" and "frightened by what I see from it."
"The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat to American principles and institutions," Amash wrote.
Amash was the only GOP member of Congress to have come out in favor of impeaching President Donald...
From the Left
Representative Justin Amash Quits Republican PartyRep. Justin Amash is celebrating this Fourth of July in a manner years in the making: by declaring his independence from the Republican Party.
“No matter your circumstance, I’m asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us,” Amash wrote in a Washington Post op-ed posted Thursday morning. “I’m asking you to believe that we can do better than this two-party system — and to work toward it. If we continue to take America for granted, we will lose it.”
Amash, perhaps...
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