Yesterday, when I read that Justin Amash is contemplating a third-party run for president in November, my heart dropped, for it is my belief that if he does so, Trump will be re-elected. I had planned, of course, to write a post on the topic. However, our friend TokyoSand has written almost exactly what I would have, so … why re-invent the wheel? Thank you, TS!
Rep. Justin Amash (MI-03)
Once again, we have someone who is angling to be the 3rd party spoiler for this presidential election. Enter Justin Amash.
Amash is a 5-term Tea Party Republican who became well known last year when he changed his party affiliation to become an Independent and then voted to impeach Trump. He announced that he was exploring a run for the Libertarian nomination earlier this week.
That said, in a year when getting rid of Trump is of primary importance, any 3rd party candidate can cause problems. The last 3 elections with a 3rd party spoiler pulled away enough votes from the parties to make a significant difference. My biggest concern is that the right-leaning voters who aren’t willing to vote for Trump but were begrudgingly thinking about voting for Biden, might now vote for Amash. Especially in Michigan, a critical swing state. In 2020, we need every…
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Libertarian (I have rights; but no responsibilities) and Tea Party. Two affiliations I do not like at all.
You can hope he will only garner in votes of those from the who were not intending to vote for either other candidate.
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No, I have no use for either. The Tea Party was a direct response to the start of Obama’s presidency … a racist response. I’d like to think that he will divide the republicans, but … there are far too many democrats who are not inspired by Biden that might just cast their lot in with Amash. Mind you, Amash isn’t a bad guy, and he even voted in favour of convicting and removing Trump, but … now is not the time.
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Quite so.
He should restrict himself to the noble task of annoying and distracting The Flabmiester.
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For that, he would be eligible for a high award, in my book.
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Seems fair enough.
If he upset the Trump process I would at least make a guarded comment about how some libertarian traits in the American culture were not so bad.
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please, no…
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Exactly what I said. I actually sent Rep. Amash a note saying that while I respect him and believe he is a good man, surely he realizes that he cannot make it onto the ballot in many states as a third-party candidate, and to PLEASE postpone his bid for 2024, and not hand Trump the keys to the kingdom. Sigh.
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I applaud your efforts; I’ll be curious if you hear back from him…
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I doubt it, but I’ll let you know if I do. I just hope he reconsiders, for the good of the world!
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we can only hope…
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Gawd!! Nooooo … 😡
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That’s what I said … sigh.
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