vcczar Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Rep. Justin Amash (MI-L) is the only Libertarian Party member to serve in the US Congress. He was originally a GOP member and then an independent before switching to his current party during his final year in office. Here are his actions: Amash, Justin 2011 Proposes Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment Amash, Justin 2013 Rare GOP supporting Obama's desire to close Guantanamo Bay Amash, Justin 2015 Rare GOP Congress member supporting SC decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide Amash, Justin 2015 Votes against reauthorizing Patriot Act Amash, Justin 2017 GOP congressman makes public statement favoring impeachment of Trump. Amash, Justin 2017 Opposes Trump's "Muslim ban" Amash, Justin 2017 Co-sponsors bill to decriminalize marijuana Amash, Justin 2019 Co-sponsors resolution to block Trump "national emergency" scheme for border wall funding Amash, Justin 2019 Votes for articles of impeachment against Trump soon after leaving the GOP Amash, Justin 2019 co-sponsors bill with Pressley (Democrat) to abolish death penalty Amash, Justin 2020 co-sponsors bill with Pressley (Democrat) to end qualified immunity for police Amash, Justin 2020 Joins Libertarian Party; only member of this party to serve Congress Amash, Justin 2020 votes against the anti-lynching act Amash, Justin 2022 Offers himself as non-partisan candidate for Speaker of the House; gets zero votes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 I'm giving him favorable for a "Profiles in Courage" style opposition to Trump despite being a member of the GOP at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) Amash is such a mixed bag as someone who is not a Libertarian and despises most tenets of Libertarianism outside of social issues and civic libertarianism. But I’m going to give him positive just because he had the courage to go against Trump publicly. That’s it really. Edited September 9 by Pringles 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 1 hour ago, Pringles said: Amash is such a mixed bag as someone who is not a Libertarian and despises most tenets of Libertarianism outside of social issues and civic libertarianism. But I’m going to give him positive just because he had the courage to go against Trump publicly. That’s it really. He's a mixed bag to me for different reasons. I find Libertarians heartless and/or selfish on social issues. The only areas I find myself agreeing with them are on military intervention, some judicial issues regarding survealliance, auditing, some of their civil service reform ideas (generally merit or anti-corruption efforts), and mayne one or two other things. Despite us coming at Amash as a mixed bag from different angles, we both support Amash in this poll for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 7 hours ago, vcczar said: He's a mixed bag to me for different reasons. I find Libertarians heartless and/or selfish on social issues. The only areas I find myself agreeing with them are on military intervention, some judicial issues regarding survealliance, auditing, some of their civil service reform ideas (generally merit or anti-corruption efforts), and mayne one or two other things. Despite us coming at Amash as a mixed bag from different angles, we both support Amash in this poll for the same reason. Yeah, like every time I've seen him in the news, it's generally been for doing something completely stupid, or Trump opposition (okay). If I'm evaluating based just on this list, he actually sounds pretty good, but it leaves out all of his "main stream" positions that would normally tank him for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Like others, he is a very mixed bag for me as well, but personally, he just seems like such a grifter after he got out of office that I'm unfavorable towards him. Particularly with the Speaker vote and how he handled himself there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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