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Despite backlash from Donald Trump and Republican leadership, Representative Justin Amash has renewed his calls for impeachment and explained why the presidents supporters are wrong about his innocence.
In a series of tweets on Monday, the Republican congressman from Michigan slammed Trump supporters for ignoring the facts of special counsel Robert Muellers report on the Russia investigation.
People who say there were no underlying crimes and therefore the president could not have intended to illegally obstruct the investigationand therefore cannot be impeachedare resting their argument on several falsehoods, Amash wrote.
Amash added that there were many crimes revealed by Muellers two-year probe into Russian election interference and while not all of them were prosecuted they were detailed in the 448-page redacted report.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-justin-amash-tweets-new-thread-calling-for-trumps-impeachment/ar-AABDHTC?li=BBnb7Kz
I wonder if the GOP is searching for someone to primary him? That would be like them.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)State Rep. Jim Lower announced Monday he's running for the western Michigan seat. The announcement came two days after Amash sent a series of tweets , concluding that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election reveals Trump "engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment."
The 30-year-old Lower, of Greenville, says he made the announcement earlier than planned after Amash attacked Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justin-amash-gets-primary-challenger-after-calling-trumps-conduct-impeachable/
spanone
(135,795 posts)sorry for the fox link...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amash-now-facing-gop-primary-challenge-after-trump-impeachment-comments
DrToast
(6,414 posts)This will almost certainly cost him his seat, but hes doing the right thing.
BigmanPigman
(51,569 posts)the respect from others (mainly from Dems since so few GOP have any self respect left).