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Amash Won’t Rule Out Presidential Bid

July 7, 2019 at 10:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), a conservative critic of President Trump who recently left the Republican Party, would not rule out a 2020 presidential bid on Sunday, potentially complicating Trump’s path to reelection,” the Washington Post reports.

“The prospect of an Amash insurgency, which would face significant hurdles, has nonetheless unnerved some GOP strategists because it could pull libertarian and conservative support away from Trump, who won the 2016 election with razor-thin margins in six states, including Michigan.”

Said Amash: “I still wouldn’t rule anything like that out. I have to use my skills, my public influence, where it serves the country best.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Justin Amash

Amash Breaks with Party on Contempt Vote

June 12, 2019 at 5:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), the only Republican in Congress to come out in favor of starting impeachment proceedings against President Trump, broke with his party again on Wednesday with a committee vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt,” The Hill reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

Bonus Quote of the Day

May 29, 2019 at 8:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“If you have a society where all we care about is that the other side is bad, and therefore we don’t have to do the right thing, that society will break down, and you will have no liberty.”

— Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), quoted by CNN, while making the case for impeaching President Trump.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

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Amash Rips Barr for Misrepresenting Mueller Findings

May 28, 2019 at 1:14 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) tore into Attorney General William Barr in a 25-tweet thread for his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation.

Said Amash: “Barr has deliberately misrepresented key aspects of Mueller’s report and decisions in the investigation, which has helped further the president’s false narrative about the investigation.”

Washington Post: “Amash’s tweets came just hours before he was scheduled to hold his first town hall meeting in his Michigan district since declaring on May 18 that Trump had ‘engaged in impeachable conduct’ and becoming a pariah among his GOP colleagues.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

Amash Makes His Case for Impeachment

May 24, 2019 at 10:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) outlined his case for impeaching President Trump in 20 tweets.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

DeVos Family Halts Donations to Justin Amash

May 22, 2019 at 5:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The powerful DeVos family of West Michigan is ending its longtime support of Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), the libertarian Republican who has repeatedly clashed with President Trump, the Detroit News reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

Amash Responds to Trump Calling Him a ‘Loser’

May 21, 2019 at 10:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) declined to return fire on Monday when a reporter asked his thoughts on President Trump calling him a “loser,” saying simply: “OK,” The Hill reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

Speculation Grows Amash Will Challenge Trump

May 21, 2019 at 7:05 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“There is growing buzz that Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) will leave the Republican Party to mount a challenge against President Trump as the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate,” The Hill reports.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Justin Amash

Amash Doubles Down on Impeaching Trump

May 20, 2019 at 3:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) ramped up his critical remarks of President Trump, detailing in a series of tweets why he thinks Trump should be impeached for obstruction of justice.

Tweeted Amash: “People who say there were no underlying crimes and therefore the president could not have intended to illegally obstruct the investigation—and therefore cannot be impeached—are resting their argument on several falsehoods.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

Trump Calls Amash a ‘Loser’

May 19, 2019 at 10:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump called Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) a “total lightweight” who is causing controversy solely for “the sake of getting his name out there.”

Amash is the first GOP lawmaker to say he was in favor of impeaching Trump.

Said Trump: “If he actually read the biased Mueller Report, ‘composed’ by 18 Angry Dems who hated Trump, he would see that it was nevertheless strong on NO COLLUSION and, ultimately, NO OBSTRUCTION. Anyway, how do you Obstruct when there is no crime and, in fact, the crimes were committed by the other side? Justin is a loser who sadly plays right into our opponents hands!”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Justin Amash

Amash Mulls Leaving Freedom Caucus

March 10, 2019 at 3:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) told CNN that he’s been “disenchanted” enough to consider leaving the House Freedom Caucus over the conservative group’s unflinching support of President Trump.

Said Amash: “From the time the president was elected, I was urging them to remain independent and to be willing to push back against the President where they thought he was wrong. They’ve decided to stick with the president time and again, even where they disagree with him privately.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

GOP Lawmaker Says Trump Can’t Claim Emergency

January 28, 2019 at 3:39 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) slammed President Trump on Twitter for suggesting he might declare a national emergency to direct construction of a border wall, saying that Trump “can’t claim emergency powers” when Congress doesn’t pass legislation he wants.

Amash was commenting on a tweet from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who said Trump “must” declare a national emergency for construction of a border wall if there’s no deal with lawmakers.

Filed Under: Immigration Tagged With: Justin Amash

First Republican Raises Impeachment for Trump

May 17, 2017 at 10:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) told The Hill that reports that President Trump pressed ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation would merit impeachment if true, becoming the first Republican lawmaker to broach the idea.

He then added: “But everybody gets a fair trial in this country.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Justin Amash

Bonus Quote of the Day

March 30, 2017 at 11:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“It didn’t take long for the swamp to drain Donald Trump. No shame, Mr. President. Almost everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment.”

— Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), on Twitter.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Justin Amash

Lawmaker Cries After Missing Vote

March 10, 2017 at 1:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) “has long boasted about not missing a single vote since he arrived in Congress in 2011 — 4,289 in a row, give or take a vote, if you’re counting,” Politico reports.

“But on Friday, as he was railing against the GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill off the House floor, Amash failed to notice a roll call had just closed. When he realized his streak had just ended, the blunt-spoken congressman broke down in tears.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Justin Amash

Quote of the Day

October 27, 2015 at 8:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

“We’re really tired of the top-down, micromanagement where you have just a few people, or in this case just the speaker and his team, determining the outcome. This is a fair reason to vote against the bill.”

— Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), quoted by Politico, speaking for House conservatives about the budget deal reached last night.

Filed Under: Budget & Taxes Tagged With: Justin Amash

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