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Rep. Justin Amash considers Libertarian challenge to Trump
Roll Call ^ | April 2, 2019 | Emily Kopp

Posted on 05/21/2019 2:59:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

‘The tea party is largely gone. It was replaced with ... the general philosophy of the party now under Trump’

The Libertarian Party has urged Rep. Justin Amash to consider mounting a third-party challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

The Michigan Republican told his hometown paper that while he would not “rule out” a bid, he has not completely “thought through” his plans.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...


TOPICS: Michigan; Minnesota; Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: greenville; ilhanomar; jimlower; jussieamash; jussiehogwash; meijer; michigan; minnesota; rashidatlaib
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1 posted on 05/21/2019 2:59:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Losertarians always looking to drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates.


2 posted on 05/21/2019 3:04:57 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

After their last candidate the Libertarian Party has become a joke.


3 posted on 05/21/2019 3:05:54 AM PDT by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mark Steyn had plenty to say about people defending this creep.


4 posted on 05/21/2019 3:06:11 AM PDT by Track9 (I mess up the bell curve.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe he should have thought it through before opening his mouth.


5 posted on 05/21/2019 3:08:38 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Drango
“Losertarians always looking to drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates.”

You can bet that those who hate Trump will try to encourage third-party candidates to drain votes from him. Hopefully there will be the equivalent ‘alternative’ candidates drawing away votes from the Democrat nominee.

6 posted on 05/21/2019 3:18:39 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He will probably lose 100 Million to Zero

H/T Stroke your Page


7 posted on 05/21/2019 3:22:56 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (Jan. 20, 2017, 12:00 PM: The End of an ERROR)
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To: Drango

Amash is a tool for the left and is part of the plan to divide the Republican vote.


8 posted on 05/21/2019 3:32:04 AM PDT by discipler (How's that 'hope and change' working for 'ya? - RL)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Amash has to worry about Arkanicide, unless he is unbelievably stupid.

He’ll dilute the Dem vote, not the Republican side.


9 posted on 05/21/2019 3:33:28 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: neverevergiveup
Hopefully there will be the equivalent ‘alternative’ candidates drawing away votes from the Democrat nominee.

Amash would be more likely to steal Trump hating votes from the Dem nominee. However, given the stakes, I would expect the Dem voters to be united in voting for whoever wins the Dem nomination.

10 posted on 05/21/2019 3:46:18 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s not going to have a job in Congress very soon, so he should consider all his options.


11 posted on 05/21/2019 3:58:39 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: Drango

Justin Amash is neither Republican nor libertarian. He has abandoned any principles that define either one of them.

He is now full-blooded RINO and a closet Progressive. It would not be surprising to learn he has also become Muslim, though I doubt it for the moment.


12 posted on 05/21/2019 4:36:36 AM PDT by alloysteel (The difference between real life and fiction? Fiction has to make sense and follow some logic.)
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To: Drango; blu

:: drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates ::

2 things...
1. Trump has the nom sewn-up. Amash has come out against Trump so any votes he gets will be stealth votes in the primary. They will be small.
2. Amash should watch the Trump Rally that was held IN HIS DISTRICT a few short weeks ago to help his decision. Maybe he should watch it twice.


13 posted on 05/21/2019 4:47:54 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jussie Hogwash should think about keeping his CONgressional seat first...


14 posted on 05/21/2019 5:08:47 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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15 posted on 05/21/2019 5:10:35 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; generally; All

Thanks to FReeper generally for this link at post #956 on the latest Q thread...

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/justin-amashs-business-interests-in-china-underscore-his-push-to-impeach-trump/

Amash is another SCUMBAG deceiver in CONgre$$.


16 posted on 05/21/2019 5:28:03 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would think he would join the Palestinian Party.


17 posted on 05/21/2019 5:40:44 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Drango

“Losertarians always looking to drain votes from whoever the GOP nominates.”

It appears the strategy of the anti-trumpets in the GOP, possibly in collusion with the Democrats and Soros, is going to be denying Trump the win in 2020 by running an independent to take away enough moderate GOP votes to shift the popular vote to Dems in close states.

Trump actually lost the popular vote in 2016 and had margins of less than 2% in Ohio and Florida. Demographic shifts mean about 1/3 of the electorate will be non-white in 2020 and the Hispanic vote will exceed the black vote for the first time. Assuming the white vote is about 2 percentage points less, a third party libertarian/moderate Republican siphons 2-5% of the GOP vote in some close states Trump won in 2016 (Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Florida), and the Democrats spend an inordinate amount of money in those states to get out the vote, Trump can lose.

Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the 2000 election in the state of Florida. Had he not been running as a Green Party candidate, most of the Green votes would have gone Democrat and Gore’s vote total would have exceeded George W. Bush.

In a number of state elections in recent years, progressive groups have facilitate the running of a third party candidate for the sole purpose of siphoning votes from the GOP candidate in the general election with considerable success.

Republican women are most vulnerable to the emotional appeal of a moderate candidate. Many think Trump is a bully or worse.


18 posted on 05/21/2019 5:41:44 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This guy is delusional.


19 posted on 05/21/2019 5:42:23 AM PDT by Lopeover (We Are #TRUMPSTRONG)
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To: Track9

Mark Steyn had plenty to say about people defending this creep.


Yep. Heard some of that. It was epic. If we only had an opposition party to the progressive corportist agenda self promoting twerps like Amash would be squashed like roadkill.


20 posted on 05/21/2019 5:43:36 AM PDT by lodi90
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