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riversedge

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Wed May 29, 2019, 06:42 AM May 2019

Amash greeted with a standing ovation at Michigan town hall

Source: CNN





Updated 10:55 PM ET, Tue May 28, 2019
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Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN)Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan may have been prepared to deal with critics at his first town hall since publicly stating earlier this month that President Donald Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct, but instead he got a standing ovation Tuesday.

Attendees even booed and heckled a woman in a Make America Great Again hat who defended Trump, prompting Amash to step in. "Let's be respectful," he urged the crowd.

During the town hall, which went on for two hours, an hour longer than planned, Amash defended his conservative credentials -- "I'm who I said I was. I'm a principled, constitutional conservative" -- and once again brushed off a new primary challenge from Michigan state Rep. Jim Lower.

"I am not concerned about it," Amash told the crowd, adding: "And in any case, you should always do what's right."



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A potential third-party presidential bid also came up during the event; Amash again declined to rule out running for president in 2020, or any other higher office, though he did say his impeachment stance wasn't the way he would roll out such an effort..............





Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/politics/justin-amash-town-hall-trump-impeachment/index.html



He got pushback also from his comments.

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Amash greeted with a standing ovation at Michigan town hall (Original Post) riversedge May 2019 OP
Thank you America Achilleaze May 2019 #1
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DeminPennswoods

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2. This was an interesting test case
Wed May 29, 2019, 07:36 AM
May 2019

for the conventional wisdom that impeachment would energize the Trumpers more than ever. But it seems there were a lot more people energized against Trump. Reportedly, Grand Rapids is pretty conservative so I'd have thought the crowd would be packed with Trump supporters ready to relentlessly attack Amash, but that didn't appear to be the case.

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