Amash tells CNN'S Jake Tapper that 'high-level' Republicans thanked him privately for speaking out against Trump
The now party-less Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) says he was not the only Republican member of Congress to oppose President Trump. He's just the only one who said it out loud.
During an appearance on Sunday's edition of CNN's State of the Union, Amash — a libertarian who has strayed from the GOP long before Trump found himself in the Oval Office — told host Jake Tapper that his Republican colleagues, including high-level officials, have privately thanked him for speaking out against Trump, including his decision to come out in favor of impeachment.
But the independent Amash also clarified that keeping to the party line is not just a problem for Republicans. Democrats, he said, also can't always speak out. "I think we need the American people to stand up and say, 'Hey. Enough is enough. We've had it with these two parties trying to ram their partisan nonsense down our throats."
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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