Justin Amash on leaving the GOP: "It's a problem... when people aren't allowed to speak out"
Justin Amash on leaving the GOP: "It's a problem... when people aren't allowed to speak out"
Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan told CNN that he left the Republican Party because of disgust with hyper-partisanship
MATTHEW ROZSA at Salon
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/07/justin-amash-on-leaving-the-gop-its-a-problem-when-people-arent-allowed-to-speak-out/
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Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, an independent who until last week was a registered Republican, told CNN on Sunday that he left the party because he could not stand by Republican actions that are "harming civil discourse" and "creating a lot of partisan divide."
"I get people sending me text messages, people calling me, saying 'thank you for what you're doing.' They're not saying it publicly. And I think that's a problem for our country, it's a problem for the Republican Party, it's a problem for the Democratic Party when people aren't allowed to speak out," Amash explained to CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.
He also had harsh words for President Donald Trump.
"What the President is doing is actually lowering the tone across the country, he's harming civil discourse, he's creating a lot of partisan divide — he's enhancing it. And I think that's very dangerous for our country and I don't think a lot of people appreciate it," Amash told Tapper. He also condemned Trump's description of him as "disloyal," arguing that "that's not how people are supposed to talk about each other, to each other" and noting that "people are elected to Congress with an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not an oath to support and defend one person, the President who happens to be from your own party."
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