Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) who represents a very conservative district, said that Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.
Republican Congressman Says Trump Engaged In Impeachable Conduct
Amash laid out his own principal conclusions on Twitter:
Here are my principal conclusions:
1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report.
2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.
3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances.
4. Few members of Congress have read the report.— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
In comparing Barr’s principal conclusions, congressional testimony, and other statements to Mueller’s report, it is clear that Barr intended to mislead the public about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s analysis and findings.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
Barr’s misrepresentations are significant but often subtle, frequently taking the form of sleight-of-hand qualifications or logical fallacies, which he hopes people will not notice.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
The Tide Is Turning Against Trump
Amash’s conclusion is a sign that the tide is turning against Trump. One Republican congressman is not a tsunami against Trump from within his party, but if there is one House Republican who is willing to speak out, the odds are that there are more who are staying silent because they don’t think they can keep their seats in 2020 if Trump turns his wrath toward them
If the country ever reaches the point where Trump’s is hurting House candidates in Republican districts, then the dam will break. Trump is going to try to make an example out of Rep. Amash. He is likely to fail because Amash has beaten back Republican challenges before, but Amash’s tweets could go down in history as the first shots fired in the Republican Trump impeachment civil war.
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