Buzz grows Rep. Amash will challenge Trump as a Libertarian

[brooklynite]

The Hill

There is growing buzz that Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) will leave the Republican Party to mount a challenge against President Trump as the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate.

Amash, a former attorney who was first elected to Congress during the 2010 Tea Party wave, has thrust himself into the spotlight by becoming the first Republican in the House to support impeachment proceedings for Trump based on special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings.

Trump and his allies swiftly fired back, casting Amash as an irrelevant political opportunist who has steadfastly refused to back the GOP agenda in Congress.

But Amash’s remarks energized Libertarians and united the “Never Trump” Republicans, who have been unable to recruit a candidate of their own to take on the president in 2020.

[marble falls]

1. Capable of challenging Trump or not, why are we encouraging someone else we really don't ...

want as another accidental President?

[brooklynite]

2. How are we encouraging him?

[marble falls]

3. Mentioning him at this point as a serious contender to Trump. As if he were a serious ...

contender, he's as dangerous as Trump. He's no friend of ours.

[brooklynite]

4. Point 1: I post articles about political developments whether they're "good" for us or not...

Point 2: What gets discussed at DU has no bearing on politics in the real world.

[Rambling Man]

9. "Point 2: What gets discussed at DU has no bearing on politics in the real world."

Yes, you are correct here.

[marylandblue]

5. He will take votes from Trump, not the Democrat.

As Ross Perot took votes from Bush Sr. and John Anderson took votes from Carter.

[FM123]

6. Yep!

Amash will split off repub votes from trump, like Stein did with Hillary - this could help us Dems.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. I'll believe it when I see it.

[kentuck]

8. Wow!

That would upset the apple cart.