GOP lawmaker blasts Republicans who 'cry out for a king'

[struggle4progress]

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 02/23/19 03:40 PM EST

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), the only known GOP lawmaker to co-sponsor a resolution to block President Trump's emergency declaration, accused fellow Republicans on Saturday of "cry[ing] out for a king" to go around Congress.

The libertarian-leaning congressman urged members of his own party on Twitter to be "faithful" to the Constitution and reject Trump's plan to "usurp legislative powers" with a declaration aimed at reallocating funding for construction of a barrier at the U.S.-Mexico border.

"The same congressional Republicans who joined me in blasting Pres. Obama’s executive overreach now cry out for a king to usurp legislative powers. If your faithfulness to the Constitution depends on which party controls the White House, then you are not faithful to it," Amash tweeted ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/431281-gop-lawmaker-critical-of-trump-move-blasts-republicans-who-cry-out-for-a-king

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Moscow Mitch and the Russiapublicans should take note

"If your faithfulness to the Constitution depends on which party controls the White House, then you are not faithful to it."

[smirkymonkey]

6. That was the quote that stood out to me and should be preserved for posterity.

It's nice to see that at least some republicans have not completely taken leave of their senses.

[Seiad]

2. I always say, put your money where your mouth is....

.... but that means I contribute to a Republican. Well, put up or shut up I guess.

[Xipe Totec]

3. That was confusing... nt

[marylandblue]

4. Is Amash really the last Republican left with a spine?

Can we put him on the endangered species list before he is gone forever?

[James48]

5. Interesting.

I have a great deal of respect for Justin Amash.

We seldom see eye to eye on policy issues, but he ALWAYS is true to his view of the Constitution, and for that I give him great respect.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Not the last. The first to regain a spine. . . . nt

[calimary]

8. But you'll probably go ahead and vote for him again, won't you, Justin.

All for the sake of shitting all over the Judicial branch. Stacking the deck for maybe a generation with totally backwards-leaning regressives. And all those wonderful tax cuts that went mainly to the ultra wealthy and were NEVER meant for you