The article is legit. Amash and Calley are best friends. Calley had his dad pay for the first year of Lowers tuition. Essentially lower is calleys apprentice. The tweet by Amash was set up. The huge media push by Lower may have been coordinated with Lower....how does a candidate who does not live in district get so much attention?
Jim Lower, on his website actually claimed that he paid for his own education.
It was then Brian Calley's brother John, who actually made public, that Jim received a 10K loan from the dad, Doyle Calley.
Obviously, if the Calley's and Lower were trying to cover this fact up, to help Amash, John Calley wouldn't have busted Jim Lower on that matter.
Your characterization that Lower is Brian Calley's "apprentice" is made up.
The article is legit.
The article uses hyperbole. It claims that Brian Calley led the ‘Never Trump’ movement in Michigan with Reps. Justin Amash and Fred Upton heading into the 2016 election.
Brian Calley endorsed Trump in May of 2016. Calley then wimped out after the Hollywood Access tapes and dropped Trump. Since then, Calley has said that his dropping support for Trump was a mistake. Since then Calley has fully supported Trump.
Lower has always fully supported Trump and has criticized Amash on numerous issues.
It's a logical fallacy to assume that because two people have a mutual friend or ally, that they themselves are friends or allies.