It was about time…
Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), the Never Trump congressman who has consistently backed impeachment of President Donald Trump, announced Thursday he is quitting the GOP.
“Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party,” Amash wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday morning. “No matter your circumstance, I’m asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us. 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.”
His move follows months of criticism of not just the president but of his own colleagues. He shared his disdain via Twitter:
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:
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 20, 2019
The five-term Michigan representative listed the alleged failures of the Republican Party, Congress and the American political system as a whole. He wrote:
The Republican Party, I believed, stood for limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty — principles that had made the American Dream possible for my family. In recent years, though, I’ve 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.
His surprise announcement comes barely 24-hours after it was revealed how far behind he was in his own district.
Amash is polling at just 17 percent in the GOP primary, trailing State Rep. Jim Lower by double digits.
19 comments
You can’t tell me he didn’t know what he was getting into. if he was a real fighter, he wouldn’t back down, and would have continue to fight for what he believed in. This is what cry babies do !!!
Of course he resigns because he is a turncoat that is so steeped in his own importance and the fact that he doesn’t like the President that he can’t see the light of day and he is a loser big time! He would never win re-election after the joke he has become and therefore the only way he can try to save face is to resign so that he won’t have to be defeated in the primary election that he has no chance of winning, good riddance to a very poor politician!
ABOUT TIME!
Good riddence ,no big loss you were just a stinking RINO anyway
Good riddance to an arrogant idiot who thinks the world revolves around HIM!! You don’t DESERVE to be a Republican!! You should just show your true colors and join the DemonRat party, where you belong. The Russian interference in our election was done UNDER OBLAMMY’S WATCH!!! Oblammy ALLOWED it and encouraged it to help Killary!! The DNC and Killary even PAID for the salacious dossier that was used to get the FISA warrants. Amash is a turn-coat traitor to America!!!
i hope you enjoy communism
Just Another Turncoat
President Trump is very fortunate to have this limp wristed turncoat traitor resign. He was good for nothing except to hate and kiss the hind ends of the traitorous left wing democrats who are hell bent on the destruction of our great and wonderful patriotic President Trump and our beloved America.
Good riddance for all true Americans!
“DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE ASS ON YOUR WAY OUT” BYE BYE TRAITOR!!! IT’S NOT BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU!!!!
Good riddance to bad Rubbish he never lied up to the promises he made to his constituents. Now vote him out but replace with a real man not a wimp crying foul over his bad judgment.
Well well Justin Amash the RINO finally caught in his Own Shit he was probably faking his Political Party just Another RINO running around Washington DC. They always come out from the Shadows and he’s no different then the rest! Bye Bye Justin your Time is UP!!!!!!
Goodbye. He was a RINO anyway. Too bad he didn’t resign from congress.
Thank God and Greyhound he’s gone
He should have resigned from Congress !!!
And good riddance! You take republican money to get into office in order to espouse democratic viewpoints. We didn’t elect you to be an independent thinker — but to represent your constituents and how THEY think!
Remember his HEARTLESS WORTHLESS HABITUAL LIAR AND HIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HABITUAL FRUAD FROM THE DAY HE WAS ELECTED.. HE LIED TO HIS CONSTITUENTS FROM THE START OF HIM RUNNING FOR OFFICE..
With him leaving the GOP for GOOD and POLITICS for GOOD why doesn’t he join the EMERGENT MARINES and travel the
World and see what Country would have him ! Or he will END UP like the rest of the DEPLORABLE DUMMY RAT DEMOCRATS and WANNABE POTUS which they don’t even have a SNOWBALL CHANCE HELL of getting..
“We The People” The American People & Members of the Republican Party must become united for the 2020 Elections. Justin Amash RINO (R-MI) is just the start of removing the RINO Traitors from the Republican Party. We must defeat and eliminate these RINO Traitors and ALL Liberal Socialist Democratic Communist from Congress if not now, during the 2020 Elections.
Good residence of bad rubbish!