Friday, July 5, 2019

Rep. Justin Amash declares new political affilliation as Independent, leaves GOP

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 8:40 AM PT – Thur. June 4, 2019
Congressman Justin Amash announces he is leaving the Republican party, saying “modern politics is trapped in a partisan death spiral.”
In an op-ed in the Washington Post Thursday, Amash laid out his new values and, new political affiliation.


FILE – In this June 12, 2019 file photo, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., listens to debate as the House Oversight and Reform Committee considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Amash, the only Republican in Congress to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump, said Thursday, July 3 he is leaving the GOP because he has become disenchanted with partisan politics and “frightened by what I see from it.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )
He claimed, recent years have caused him to become “disenchanted and frightened with party politics” and the two party system.
Amash said he will now become an Independent, and stated he will work to reject divisive loyalties.
The moves comes just weeks after Amash came forward as the only GOP member to call for the impeachment of President Trump back in May.
Meanwhile, President Trump said Amash’s departure from the Republican party is “great news”.
In a tweet Thursday the president slammed Amash, saying he is “one of the dumbest and most disloyal men in Congress.”
He said the congressman’s decision to quit was a guise for knowing “he couldn’t get the nomination to run again in the great state of Michigan.”
The president added he is already being challenged for his seat, and closed by calling Amash a “total loser.”
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