05-01-2020, 11:54 AM
New Third Party 2020 Presidential Candidate?
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Michigan Representative Justin Amash, 40, is launching an exploratory committee.
He left the GOP/Republican party after voting in favor of Trump's impeachment. He's now an Independent and has joined the Libertarian party.
Amash was originally part of the Tea Party leadership. He differed from others in that group in that he wasn't fixated on destroying Obama, but instead felt that George W. Bush had greatly damaged the party and opened the door for Obama to become president.
Amash was a leader in the ultra conservative group of Tea Party peeps that morphed into the House Freedom Caucus.
After Trump was elected, Amash reportedly came to the conclusion that most of his Caucus colleagues were frauds who didn't care about the ideals and issues they'd been protesting/advocating, but rather only cared about gaining and holding on to power at any cost.
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Michigan Representative Justin Amash, 40, is launching an exploratory committee.
He left the GOP/Republican party after voting in favor of Trump's impeachment. He's now an Independent and has joined the Libertarian party.
Amash was originally part of the Tea Party leadership. He differed from others in that group in that he wasn't fixated on destroying Obama, but instead felt that George W. Bush had greatly damaged the party and opened the door for Obama to become president.
Amash was a leader in the ultra conservative group of Tea Party peeps that morphed into the House Freedom Caucus.
After Trump was elected, Amash reportedly came to the conclusion that most of his Caucus colleagues were frauds who didn't care about the ideals and issues they'd been protesting/advocating, but rather only cared about gaining and holding on to power at any cost.
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