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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBuzz grows Rep. Amash will challenge Trump as a Libertarian
The HillThere is growing buzz that Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) will leave the Republican Party to mount a challenge against President Trump as the Libertarian Partys presidential candidate.
Amash, a former attorney who was first elected to Congress during the 2010 Tea Party wave, has thrust himself into the spotlight by becoming the first Republican in the House to support impeachment proceedings for Trump based on special counsel Robert Muellers findings.
Trump and his allies swiftly fired back, casting Amash as an irrelevant political opportunist who has steadfastly refused to back the GOP agenda in Congress.
But Amashs remarks energized Libertarians and united the Never Trump Republicans, who have been unable to recruit a candidate of their own to take on the president in 2020.
Amash, a former attorney who was first elected to Congress during the 2010 Tea Party wave, has thrust himself into the spotlight by becoming the first Republican in the House to support impeachment proceedings for Trump based on special counsel Robert Muellers findings.
Trump and his allies swiftly fired back, casting Amash as an irrelevant political opportunist who has steadfastly refused to back the GOP agenda in Congress.
But Amashs remarks energized Libertarians and united the Never Trump Republicans, who have been unable to recruit a candidate of their own to take on the president in 2020.
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Buzz grows Rep. Amash will challenge Trump as a Libertarian (Original Post)
brooklynite
May 2019
OP
Capable of challenging Trump or not, why are we encouraging someone else we really don't ...
marble falls
May 2019
#1
Mentioning him at this point as a serious contender to Trump. As if he were a serious ...
marble falls
May 2019
#3
Point 1: I post articles about political developments whether they're "good" for us or not...
brooklynite
May 2019
#4
"Point 2: What gets discussed at DU has no bearing on politics in the real world."
Rambling Man
May 2019
#9
marble falls
(57,658 posts)1. Capable of challenging Trump or not, why are we encouraging someone else we really don't ...
want as another accidental President?
brooklynite
(95,070 posts)2. How are we encouraging him?
marble falls
(57,658 posts)3. Mentioning him at this point as a serious contender to Trump. As if he were a serious ...
contender, he's as dangerous as Trump. He's no friend of ours.
brooklynite
(95,070 posts)4. Point 1: I post articles about political developments whether they're "good" for us or not...
Point 2: What gets discussed at DU has no bearing on politics in the real world.
Rambling Man
(249 posts)9. "Point 2: What gets discussed at DU has no bearing on politics in the real world."
Yes, you are correct here.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)5. He will take votes from Trump, not the Democrat.
As Ross Perot took votes from Bush Sr. and John Anderson took votes from Carter.
Amash will split off repub votes from trump, like Stein did with Hillary - this could help us Dems.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,528 posts)7. I'll believe it when I see it.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)8. Wow!
That would upset the apple cart.