Trump aide threatens primary challenge against GOP member

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/CBS News

An aide to President Donald Trump called for Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and outspoken critic of the president, to be challenged and defeated in the 2018 congressional primary.

Dan Scavino Jr., White House director of social media and senior aide to Mr. Trump, labeled Amash a “big liability” in a tweet on Saturday, urging followers to “defeat him in primary.”

Scavino’s tweet was the latest White House attack on Freedom Caucus members who helped derail the Republican health care bill, after Mr. Trump threatened in a tweet Thursday morning to oppose the conservative Republicans in their 2018 primaries.

Amash fired back quickly on Twitter, saying Mr. Trump and the establishment have become one and the same. He also tweeted a link to his fundraising page, encouraging challengers to “bring it on.”

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-aide-threatens-primary-challenge-against-gop-member/ar-BBzakoX

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Yup, some Republicans are going to try to out-crazy Trump by arguing that he is too liberal.

[wryter2000]

1. I'm loving it

Fight, Republicans, fight!

[diva77]

4. I'm not loving it at all

It means that a super rich person with super rich backers (known and unknown) can declare himself a candidate, buy an elected office and then proceed to use the office as a vehicle to start removing others who hold office, ad infinitum. It's a battle of wealth behind candidates who carry out the ideology of the moneyholders rather than a battle to carry out the will of the voters.

[Dustlawyer]

10. Thanks SCROTUS Chief Justice John Roberts!

Citizen's United is the all time most corrupt decision of the Supreme Court. Worse than letting W win.

[wryter2000]

12. I meant

That I'm loving that the Republicans are fighting with each other. Their strength has always been their willingness to go along with whatever the powers-that-be in their party puts out there. Their infighting can only save us from the horrors they usual wreak.

[diva77]

17. I know what you meant - sorry if I came across as arguing with you

you set me up with the perfect way to express my lateral opinion (not opposed to yours!!)

[wryter2000]

18. Cool

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[BeyondGeography]

2. UFC for wingnuts

Have at it, kids.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Celebrity Death Match, Repug-style!

[Renew Deal]

5. Will Trump be impeached before or after the 2018 election?

The Freedom caucusers might just be the votes needed for impeachment.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Yup. I'm sure there is an ongoing vote tally effort at the DNC. . . . . nt

[WePurrsevere]

9. That's my thought as well although it seems...

surreal to think of us on the same side of an issue as them.

[Renew Deal]

13. I doubt they'll step up

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[WePurrsevere]

14. I've seen stranger things but won't hold my breath either. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

7. If Trump keeps this up, there should be enough votes in The House to impeach.

He's not making any new friends in the Freedom Caucus.

[Initech]

8. Once again it all comes back to attacking us.

These assholes are nothing if not predictable. I think we can beat them at their own game if they keep this up.

[napi21]

11. I'm really torn on this one. I DO want him and everybody else to go after those idiot Freedom

Caucus nuts because we will ALL benefit when they're gone. But I DON'T want the Con to gain any more seats in Congress than he already has.

[Lucky Luciano]

15. Dan scavino went to my high school.

He was a nice guy, but not too bright. He was a loyal caddy to the shitgibbon by dumb luck and that is why he is where he is now.

Rebekah Mercer was also a classmate (before her fatger struck it rich).

That they are both close to the shitgibbon is s total coincidence. Mercer was more the go-getting honors student intellectual and scavino is more the one who never would have been promoted past golf caddy except for his good luck. He really should be working in a Home Depot now or something. If her father didn't get rich, Bekah would probably be earning $500k to $1mm per year though somewhere. They never would have been friends, but now they are close to the shitgibbon.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Circular firing squad