President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. suggested on Twitter early Thursday morning that he intends to help primary turncoat “Republican” Congressman Justin Amash.
“See you soon Justin… I hear Michigan is beautiful during primary season,” he wrote in a tweet that included data showing that Amash’s primary challenger, Michigan state Rep. Jim Lower, is leading him by a whopping 16 percentage points.
See you soon Justin… I hear Michigan is beautiful during primary season. https://t.co/dZzDU9240V
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 13, 2019
Amash responded shortly thereafter with what the media described as a “brutal joke about Russian interference”:
if it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer https://t.co/KmtA2khvLs
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) June 13, 2019
If you don’t get the joke, don’t worry, you’re not alone …
Dovetailing back to the poll numbers shared by Trump Jr., with numbers as strong as these, it appears Lower is destined to defeat Amash. And with Trump Jr.’s help, his victory could very well wind up turning out to be a landslide.
The elder Trump son’s interest in primarying Amash likely stems from the “Republican” congressman’s stunningly treacherous behavior, from accusing the president of committing obstruction of justice to voting this week to hold several Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress.
Amash’s tragic transformation from a Tea Party-backed Republican to an unprincipled John McCain-esque backstabber began last month when he became the first and only “Republican” to come out in support of impeaching the president.
In a series of tweets posted around mid-May, he first accused the attorney general of misrepresenting special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report (false) and then asserted that, in his opinion, the report proved that Trump “has engaged in impeachable conduct” (false).
Then this week the widely condemned congressman became the only “Republican” to vote with the Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee to hold AG Bar and Commerce Secretary Wilbus Ross in contempt of Congress for not providing the committee with certain documents having to do with a proposal that a citizenship question be added to the 2020 census.
The president lashed out at this vote early Thursday morning:
Unrelated to Russia, Russia, Russia (although the Radical Left doesn’t use the name Russia anymore since the issuance of the Mueller Report), House Committee now plays the seldom used “Contempt” card on our great A.G. & Sec. of Commerce – this time on the Census. Dems play a…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019
…..much tougher game than the Republicans did when they had the House Majority. Republicans will remember! “This has already been argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, but the House doesn’t want to wait. This is a common thread between all of the Committees – do whatever you…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019
….can to embarrass the Trump Administration (and Republicans), attack the Trump Administration. This is campaigning by the Dems.” Attorney David Bruno. So true! In the meantime they are getting NO work done on Drug Pricing, Infrastructure & many other things.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019
He argued in his tweet that the contempt vote was designed to “embarrass” his administration and boost the Democrat Party’s 2020 campaign efforts. While the president didn’t specifically mention Amash in his tweets, the fact that the “Republican” congressman assisted the Democrats in their efforts seems to speak volumes about his political allegiance.
Trump hasn’t actually tweeted about the Michigan congressman since last month:
Never a fan of @justinamash, a total lightweight who opposes me and some of our great Republican ideas and policies just for the sake of getting his name out there through controversy. If he actually read the biased Mueller Report, “composed” by 18 Angry Dems who hated Trump,….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2019
….he would see that it was nevertheless strong on NO COLLUSION and, ultimately, NO OBSTRUCTION…Anyway, how do you Obstruct when there is no crime and, in fact, the crimes were committed by the other side? Justin is a loser who sadly plays right into our opponents hands!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2019
A report emerged Wednesday however that he’s been working behind the scenes to hold Amash accountable.
“Trump and his top advisers have discussed the prospect of backing a primary challenge to the Michigan lawmaker … that would effectively amount to a warning shot to other Republicans thinking of crossing him,” Politico reported.
“Trump has raised the primary challenge idea with Vice President Mike Pence and North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, a close Trump ally who co-founded the conservative House Freedom Caucus with Amash. Trump has also addressed the subject with Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, a former Michigan GOP leader who remains influential in the state.”
Amash formally dropped out of the Freedom Caucus on Monday, two days before he voted to hold Barr and Ross in contempt.
“I have the highest regard for them, and they’re my close friends. I didn’t want to be a further distraction for the group,” he said Monday to a CNN “reporter” after formally stepping down.
Rep. Justin Amash tells me he stepped down from the House Freedom Caucus and the HFC board tonight.
“I have the highest regard for them, and they’re my close friends,” Amash said. “I didn’t want to be a further distraction for the group.”
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) June 11, 2019
Despite growing opposition, Amash remains confident that he’ll win reelection.
“I have no interest in playing spoiler. When I run for something, I run to win,” he said to The Hill on Wednesday.
“I’ve spent my whole time in office under fire from different people, so it doesn’t worry me,” he added. “I’ve had multiple elections where people thought I was the underdog and won by large margins. I don’t really worry about any of that stuff.”
“I have a lot of confidence in what I’m doing, in the American people, and especially the people in my district, First I’m not going to lose, and second, I don’t have any regrets about doing the right thing. I didn’t run for office to sell out my principles to the party or to any one person.”
While it’s unclear what “principles” he abides by, what’s evident is that the Republican base doesn’t share of any of his so-called “principles”:
@justinamash will be influenced by whatever way the wind is blowing. He is a man with no principles, morals, or values.
— Greg Szymanski (@gregszymanski) June 13, 2019
Again, I have an opinion about a man who calls himself a Republican, but supports impeaching a President of his own party with no factual evidence to back impeachable allegations.
Perhaps he should run in Adam Schiff’s district.
How’s that for principles?— Steve (@S_C_Wallace) June 12, 2019
Dude, the whole investigation was a farce. Have you no allegiance to principles of justice above the state? The entire investigation was meant to hinder Trump’s ability to do his job. It may have divided the country beyond repair, and it was all fake.
— William B (@_BillySmooth_) June 12, 2019
Fraud @justinamash wants to impeach a president for a crime he didn’t commit, according to a group of rabid Democrats. The opposite of what our Constitution stands for. What really is happening here, is @justinamash wants to grandstand. Power corrupts people without principles.
— The Constitution Soldier (@ACristoffanini) June 12, 2019
. @justinamash welcome to the end of your political career. I also supported you early on when you rode on the coattails of the Pauls…but you have just turned out to be a #TurnCoat — you have no principles. none. you will be primaried, and it can’t happen too soon. https://t.co/R79lUdZLv4
— Clickhole Is My CoPilot (@DynCorpKidsClub) June 2, 2019
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