Justin Amash gets standing ovation at his town hall tonight. Maddow covering some

[riversedge]

of it right now..........


Watch GOP Rep Justin Amash get a 30 second long standing ovation at the beginning of his town hall event. Amash is the first GOP Rep to say Trump should be impeached. Looks like his district agrees with him—and the rest of Sane America. #TheResistanceRises
Marvis Herring

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[riversedge]

1. more Amash #townhall

Brian Tyler Cohen
‏Verified account @briantylercohen
2h2 hours ago

Here’s @JustinAmash, a Republican in a Republican district, getting an ovation from the crowd after defending his position that Trump should be impeached.

See @GOP? You don’t all *have* to be cowards.

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[riversedge]

5. Tea Pain tweet.....

Tea Pain
‏ @TeaPainUSA
58m58 minutes ago

Tea Pain Retweeted The Hill

Impeachment is a bigger winner than lotsa Dem's think. If Amash can get a standin' ovation at a Tea Party town hall pushin' impeahment, surely Dems can sell it to their party.

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[LiberalFighter]

2. Rachel also pointed out that he is speaking at the DeVos Family Center.

DeVos has threaten to cut off funding to his campaign too.

[riversedge]

6. I think the Devos family DID cut him off a few days ago.

[BootinUp]

3. Should make Trumps day, lol. Nt

[riversedge]

9. I hope he is spitting in his diet coke--or is it pepsi that he drinks!!

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. anyone who supports rump is a no good god damn FUCKING TRAITOR

pretty soon words wont work

[riversedge]

7. Amash takes a swing at his "so-called leader," @GOPLeader, who had accused him of seeking attention

Dave Weigel
‏Verified account @daveweigel
3h3 hours ago

Amash takes a swing at his “so-called leader,” @GOPLeader, who had accused him of seeking attention w his Trump tweets. “I read the Mueller report. I’m sure he didn’t read it. He resorted to ad hominem attacks; that’s the kind of ‘leadership’ we now have in Congress."

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[empedocles]

8. Rachel at her effective best.

Turns a low level headline, somewhere, not likely on fox spews, - and makes it into a big event.

[riversedge]

10. Amash says some of his colleagues agree with him, but won't speak out publicly.....

Daniel Lewis
‏ @Daniel_Lewis3
1h1 hour ago

Pretty rare moment in politics. @justinamash says some of his colleagues agree with him about President Trump and the Mueller report but won't speak out publicly.

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[Wellstone ruled]

11. Notice something?

All mostly White folks in attendance. One of the most Conservative Areas in Mich. Just got him self reelected. Notice no boo's.

[riversedge]

12. This is the ovation a town-hall in his district gave him tonight.

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[empedocles]

13. Harbinger?

[TomSlick]

14. There were also some very unhappy MAGA-types at the town hall.

I believe that this was a profile in courage moment. Rep Amash will probably knows he will pay a price in his next GOP primary but had the courage of his convictions anyway.

Rep. Amash is a Tea-Party type. Nevertheless, you have to admire someone who speaks the truth as s/he sees it - the consequences notwithstanding. Such intellectual honesty is woefully wanting in today's GOP.

[roamer65]

15. I think Dump will lose in MI next year by 20-30 percent.

He is going get his sorry ass handed to him in this state.

[blue-wave]

16. I'm still slightly skeptical about him

because he represents Grand Rapids Michigan. Home of Betsy DeVos and her clan. Hey, I'll welcome them all to our side, but I've had personal interaction with individuals from that geographic area and some of them are to the right of Attila the Hun. That said, I hope he's on the up and up.

[empedocles]

18. Another hole in the GOP/traitortrump dike?

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[JI7]

22. he isn't claiming to be on our side . he is a libertarian. his support for impeachment of Trump

is an area we can agree on . that doesn't mean he is claiming or we need for him to agree with us on everything.

[peggysue2]

17. This should send chills throughout the GOP with . . .

their slavish support of the Squatter-in-Chief. America is watching and listening. Trump's propaganda is failing. Finally.

[mnmoderatedem]

19. very sad commentary

that what should be a unanimous reaction is instead a lone outlier to the only republican in the entire Congress willing to tell it like it is.

Republicans.

[RandiFan1290]

20. Never trust a republicon.

He is only changing his tune because his job is in trouble.

[JI7]

23. no he isn't. he is still a libertarian .