Trump Slams 'Dumb & Disloyal' Amash As Congressman Quits Republican Party
Channel: Most juice 2
Date: 2019-07-05

Trump Slams 'Dumb & Disloyal' Amash As Congressman Quits Republican Party

President Trump has apparently taken a quick break from preparing for today's festivities to take one last swing at Amash on his way out the door. In a tweet, Trump called him "the dumbest & most disloyal [man] in Congress". Trump insisted Amash "knew he couldn't get the nomination to run again in the Great State of Michigan" - something that we mentioned earlier as a possible motivating factor for Amash's decision to quit the Republican Party.

By adding the quotes around quitting, Trump also suggests  - as we did earlier - that Amash was effectively pushed out over his impeachment comments.
Trump wasn't the only person on Twitter to seize the opportunity to 'bash the Amash'.

We imagine this just made Amash's holiday.

* * *

With most Americans away from their desks and enjoying a long weekend with the family, Michigan Congressman Justin Amash - you might remember him as the one and only Republican Congressman who has publicly expressed support for impeaching President Trump - just announced that he's resigning from the Republican Party, presumably to start a #NeverTrump party of one.

Amash

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Amash claimed that he had become  "disenchanted" with the Republican Party. Instead of  putting the interest of 'the people' first, Amash said the party has become mostly self-serving for itself and its corporate backers. He also claimed that this political agenda had thrown the system of checks and balances in the federal government hopelessly out of whack (an interesting claim, considering how district courts have struck down most of the administration's big immigration initiative, and the House is presently mulling over whether to try and impeach the president).

    True to Washington’s fears, Americans have allowed government officials, under assertions of expediency and party unity, to ignore the most basic tenets of our constitutional order: separation of powers, federalism and the rule of law. The result has been the consolidation of political power and the near disintegration of representative democracy.

    These are consequences of a mind-set among the political class that loyalty to party is more important than serving the American people or protecting our governing institutions. The parties value winning for its own sake, and at whatever cost. Instead of acting as an independent branch of government and serving as a check on the executive branch, congressional leaders of both parties expect the House and Senate to act in obedience or opposition to the president and their colleagues on a partisan basis.

    In this hyperpartisan environment, congressional leaders use every tool to compel party members to stick with the team, dangling chairmanships, committee assignments, bill sponsorships, endorsements and campaign resources. As donors recognize the growing power of party leaders, they supply these officials with ever-increasing funds, which, in turn, further tightens their grip on power.

    The founders envisioned Congress as a deliberative body in which outcomes are discovered. We are fast approaching the point, however, where Congress exists as little more than a formality to legitimize outcomes dictated by the president, the speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader.

Even with modern politics in a "death spiral", as Amash described it, he does see a way out: More Americans need to participate in the political system by voting, particularly those who are less interested in politics, since they tend to be less partisan. Rejecting both the modern Republican and Democratic parties in favor of independent candidates is, as Amash sees it, the only way to preserve American liberty. In other words, Amash is making the specious Rachel Maddow argument that Trump is a power-hungry demagogue who threatens to 'break' the American political system, something that has little, if any, basis in fact.


-------------------------------------
-All Copyrights belongs
To their rightful owners.
If you are the author
Of the fragment video and distribute it
Infringes your copyright
please contact us.

#mostjuiceNews

#mostjuiceNews,Juice,most juice,most juice 2,News,politics,analytics,Russia,Trump,Congressman,Congressman Quits Republican Party,Republican Party,donald trump,gop,news,north korea,fox news channel,latest news,top stories,trump interview,president trump,trump news,white house,politics news,exclusive interview,president donald trump,world politics,trump fox news