Amash 'Looking Closely' at Presidential Bid

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Amash ‘Looking Closely’ at Presidential Bid

April 13, 2020 at 10:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 74 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/13/amash-looking-closely-at-presidential-bid/

"SNIP......

Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) said that he’s considering a White House run against President Trump, a move that could pose a challenge to the president’s campaign for a second term, the Washington Post reports.

“Amash, who left the Republican Party last year and is seeking reelection to his Grand Rapids-area House seat as an independent, made the comment in a tweet responding to a statement by Trump on Monday night that as president, his ‘authority is total.'”

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[Poiuyt]

1. This would split the Republican party and pave the way for a Democratic win

[regnaD kciN]

2. I assume you mean "split it in MICHIGAN"...

...which might be crucial, but I doubt you’d see him draw many votes among Republicans elsewhere in the country.

[Poiuyt]

6. I think there would be a lot of conservatives who would relish the chance to vote for

someone other than trump. Of course, they would have to realize that they'd be giving the election to Biden.

[tblue37]

12. We need the votes of the Never Trump Republicans. Also, many people on our own side

don't really know much about Amash, other than that he left the party over Trump, voted for impeachment, and has continued to criticize him. Unfortunately, there are some on our side who immediately begin to exclaim "X for president!" any time anyone says or does something they like. I fear Amash might draw Never Trump votes as well as those on our side who just think of him as an "exciting" anti-Trump.

[Progressive Jones]

3. Including the energy and cash drain on the GOP when they

try to crush Amash's campaign.

This would be sweet.

[dweller]

4. i read that as Amish

and thought, well that will be fun

✌🏼

[tavernier]

7. Me too!

I guess Airforce 1 would be a pogo stick?

[dweller]

9. or a butter churn

✌🏼

[Baked Potato]

16. Ha ha, me too! I thought Dang, this shit getting weirder...

[kentuck]

5. My gut tells me he would capture more Republican votes than Democratic..

What do you think?

[aeromanKC]

8. Opportunity for R's to vote for an R (even though he is an I) and not have to vote for Trump

Some R's just will not be able to vote for a D, and also do not want to vote for the Tangerine Turd. Nonetheless, that is still a net gain of +1 for the Dems.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. Can you imagine a President Obama making a claim like this..."his 'authority is total.'"???

We'd have Cliven Bundy & Co in the streets, or holed up in a national reserve, waiting to gun down law enforcement officers, because a black man had essentially declared himself king.

[BGBD]

11. I don't know if I like it.

Wouldn't the only Rs willing to vote for Amash actually just be the Never Trumpers? I feel like a lot of these types are much more likely to vote for Biden than they were Clinton (who they had spent decades hating). It might actually cost Biden votes instead of Trump.

I'd rather Amash just work to help Biden rather than run his own campaign.

[tblue37]

13. What I fear, too. nt

[DrToast]

14. Agree. Trump seems to have his support locked in.

[ooky]

15. Seems like a true "Never Trumper" would not want to risk another Trump term

so would know that a vote for Amash IS effectively a vote for Trump.

[Marie Marie]

17. Isn't he a little late to the game? Can he even get on the ballot at this point?

[Wounded Bear]

19. As an independent, yes he could...nt

[Wanderlust988]

18. He could hurt Trump if he runs to the right of Trump

Meaning as a small government candidate. Trump has exploded the deficit and the debt. If he runs as a Tea Party like candidate, he could hurt Trump.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Maybee reclaim the rest of the Tea partiers...nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Amash is to the right of the Tea Party and Freedom Caucus

He quit the Repub party because they're too liberal.

Let him run. He'll be the Jill Stein of the right.

[aidbo]

21. My bleary eyes read this as "Amish 'looking closely' at presidential bid"