"Two days after GOP Rep. Justin Amash claimed that President Trump committed impeachable offenses, a pro-Trump Michigan state representative has stepped forward to challenge him in the primary election.
"State Rep. Jim Lower, calling himself a ”pro-Trump, pro-life, pro-jobs, pro-Second Amendment, pro-family values Republican,” announced on Monday his intention to run against Amash in 2020. " . . .
PowerLine "I don’t think I’d heard anyone in the mainstream media (or anywhere else) mention Justin Amash’s name for several years until he called for the impeachment of President Trump. Suddenly, Amash was useful to the left and therefore relevant, sort of. Suddenly, the impeach Trump movement was “bipartisan.”
"State Rep. Jim Lower, calling himself a ”pro-Trump, pro-life, pro-jobs, pro-Second Amendment, pro-family values Republican,” announced on Monday his intention to run against Amash in 2020. " . . .
PowerLine "I don’t think I’d heard anyone in the mainstream media (or anywhere else) mention Justin Amash’s name for several years until he called for the impeachment of President Trump. Suddenly, Amash was useful to the left and therefore relevant, sort of. Suddenly, the impeach Trump movement was “bipartisan.”
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| Amash |
"John has shown that Amash’s arguments for impeaching Trump are nonsensical. But Amash’s arguments don’t matter. It’s the fact that he’s a Republican that has made him seem relevant.
"Except that he’s really not. House Democrats will decide whether to impeach without regard to what Rep. Amash thinks. If they decide to go for it, Amash’s vote won’t be decisive. If they impeach Trump, no one in the Senate will be influenced by Amash, who commands little respect among GOP Senators (or among GOP House members, for that matter).
"Why did Amash decide to advocate the impeachment of Trump? Shane Trejo suggests that the motive is financial. He notes that Amash “has significant business interests in China that may be harmed by Trump’s ‘America First’ trade policies.' ”
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"Amash is a Palestinian-American. He routinely votes against Israel’s interests. For example, he voted against additional funding for Israel’s anti-missile system, Iron Dome, during the 2014 Gaza war. He even voted against a bill to set a 90-day deadline for President Donald Trump to fill the position of anti-Semitism monitor. Apparently, the bill would have passed unanimously but for Amash’s opposition." . . .
"As an uncompromising libertarian and strong opponent of Trump’s Israel policy, Amash has reason to be dead set against the president. As a potential candidate for Trump’s job, he has reason to want to see the president ousted. As a flake and an iconoclast, impeaching the president without probable cause to believe he has committed any crime is just the sort of thing that might appeal to Amash." . . .
"As an uncompromising libertarian and strong opponent of Trump’s Israel policy, Amash has reason to be dead set against the president. As a potential candidate for Trump’s job, he has reason to want to see the president ousted. As a flake and an iconoclast, impeaching the president without probable cause to believe he has committed any crime is just the sort of thing that might appeal to Amash." . . .
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| Earl of Taint |
. . . "The old advice to "follow the money" usually is good. But with Amash such a flake, it may be just one of multiple motives." . . .
Even Mitt Romney says he sees no case. See what the Congressional "weather vane" declares if more Republicans line up against Trump.
Justin Amash Gone Wild Amash's tweet that got his Christmas card removed from at least one refrigerator:
Here are my principal conclusions:1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report.2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances.4. Few members of Congress have read the report.
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