Rep. Justin Amash announces he's
quitting Republican Party in op-ed
ABC News,
by
Soo Rin Kim Andalisa Wiersema
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/4/2019 8:49:45 AM
Rep. Justin Amash, the lone Republican in Congress to open up impeachment talk against President Donald Trump, announced on Thursday that he is leaving the Republican Party. Amash, I-Mich., made the declaration in an opinion piece published by The Washington Post. "Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party," Amash wrote. "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
Reply 1 - Posted by:
aasilver 7/4/2019 8:55:45 AM (No. 113867)
Now he can devote himself to representing China so as to protect his business dealings there.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 7/4/2019 8:56:22 AM (No. 113870)
You can't leave the Republican party if you never were one in the first place. This schmuck is just another RINO, and he's going to be crushed in the next election. Good riddance to dead weight.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
offrope 7/4/2019 8:56:43 AM (No. 113871)
The only surprise here is that he is going independent instead of Democrat. He was going to get primaried our anyway.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 7/4/2019 9:03:11 AM (No. 113882)
He was a Dem in an elephant suit anyway.
This is GOOD news, another RINO bites the dust!
He hates Trump because he has business interest in China that are being affected.
He's a traitor to be doing business in China rather than the USA.
Maybe he should move to China.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 7/4/2019 9:10:35 AM (No. 113891)
Maybe he can take Willard with him.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 7/4/2019 9:12:02 AM (No. 113894)
His political career is toast. Look for him to be offered a role on CNN or MSNBC.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hotcorner 7/4/2019 9:13:13 AM (No. 113895)
Another unimpressive fool. So what?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/4/2019 9:16:39 AM (No. 113903)
Amash was always a fake Republican. It took the Republican primaries to force his hand and make him reveal his true self. Good riddance. If only other fake Republicans would be exposed, and shown the door. If you have to hide your true political nature, you have no business in government.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
donnaclaire 7/4/2019 9:18:02 AM (No. 113905)
Good riddance! What took so long?
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Buh-Bye... Watch the door on your way out!!!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 7/4/2019 9:28:19 AM (No. 113920)
Good riddance, Amash. Wondering if Mittens in the Senate is about to do the same thing?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Safari Man 7/4/2019 9:28:34 AM (No. 113922)
This is a great loss... for the dims... No longer can they point to Amish-Amash as a Republican who hates Trump. They'll just have to go to Rom-need for their quisling quotes.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MickinPhoenix 7/4/2019 9:31:16 AM (No. 113930)
Don't let the door hit you in the (You Know What). Rino's never wanted.......Mick
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
HammerDax56 7/4/2019 9:38:10 AM (No. 113945)
Please take Kasich too.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jacksin5 7/4/2019 9:43:07 AM (No. 113957)
All "Independents" in Congress caucus with the Dems. Just another attempt to BS the voters.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ronniethek 7/4/2019 9:52:58 AM (No. 113969)
This vile creature should return to his S-hole ancestral homeland in Arabia.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/4/2019 10:06:34 AM (No. 113984)
Didn’t we just read that he was polling in the low single digits?
“Don’t fire me. I quit."
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
red1066 7/4/2019 10:09:12 AM (No. 113988)
I suspect he was never a Republican. He just ran as one.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 7/4/2019 10:12:26 AM (No. 113990)
Don't let the door hit your sorry butt on the way out . . .
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 7/4/2019 10:13:07 AM (No. 113991)
I would be more impressed Amash if you would simply be honest and admit that you are hip deep in business concerns with China. It is your own dishonesty that is killing you politically. NOT our President.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
RedWhiteBlue 7/4/2019 10:16:07 AM (No. 113995)
Sad that we have so many turn-coats in this country. The politicians need to vetted very strictly now a days. Whose job is that?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Nimby 7/4/2019 10:19:21 AM (No. 114000)
Awash with stupidity
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 7/4/2019 10:25:03 AM (No. 114005)
Cool move, Exlax. Probably wasn't one to begin with. No big loss to the rest of us. Michigan is no great deal to the rest of us either,
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
MOAB 7/4/2019 10:32:48 AM (No. 114012)
Great another Rhino flushed down the political toilet bowl. Let this be a lesson we are coming after you and you will soon be history. We will elect men and women who love America and will help our President drain the swamp. God bless our President one of the greatest men of all time.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/4/2019 10:33:52 AM (No. 114013)
Apparently Amash’s family business does a lot of their manufacturing in China. What does that tell you?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Quigley 7/4/2019 10:43:46 AM (No. 114024)
Another fraud unmasked
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/4/2019 10:54:11 AM (No. 114037)
A strong wind shakes bad fruit from the tree.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/4/2019 11:01:45 AM (No. 114050)
As the democrats are demonstrating to the American people, criticizing a great president is no way to further your own political career. The one president who deserved mountains of criticism for his horrible leadership was Barack Hussein Obama but didn't get any and that was because, you know, affirmative action hires are sacred cows.
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Good. He never should have been labeled a republican anyway.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
planetgeo 7/4/2019 11:12:21 AM (No. 114061)
Talk about the very definition of a "RINO". Hopefuly the start of an about to be extinct species.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
StrikingViking 7/4/2019 11:50:34 AM (No. 114095)
Justin makes a virtue of necessity.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 7/4/2019 12:04:38 PM (No. 114112)
How is the expression - don't let the door kick you in the *ss on the way out. . .
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 7/4/2019 12:05:40 PM (No. 114113)
Uh, okay.
Well..... ‘bye.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 7/4/2019 12:07:46 PM (No. 114115)
Amash hates President Trump because he's a 'bull in Amash's China closet'. Good riddance you dumb RINO squirrel.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/4/2019 12:23:17 PM (No. 114128)
I hope he doesn't clog the drain for others who follow him down.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Moritz55 7/4/2019 12:31:38 PM (No. 114136)
It’s about time!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/4/2019 1:11:33 PM (No. 114184)
Good.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Smart11344 7/4/2019 1:11:49 PM (No. 114185)
He won't be missed, even if you are in a men's room.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
anniebc 7/4/2019 2:04:03 PM (No. 114223)
Who is Justin Amash? Never heard of him. Wait, is he the dumbest and most disloyal loser guy the President mentioned on Twitter?
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
HenryHiggins 7/4/2019 9:37:49 PM (No. 114437)
HA! He’s as Republican as the Koch brothers !
No balls .
Justin Amash * *Globalist Democratic Socialist Party **
There ... Fixed it for ya.
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People who change Party's should resign and run for office again. It's very troubling that once We elect someone and they go to DC, they forget who they work for.
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He was going to get crushed in a Republican primary.