Amash Dangles Possibility Of 2020 Bid, Spars With Don Jr. In The Meantime

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) (R) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) (2nd R) during a meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform June 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) (R) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) (2nd R) during a meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform June 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a meeting on “a resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find the Attorney General and the Secretary of Commerce in contempt of Congress.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) said he probably won’t run for President in 2020 — but like any good politician, he hasn’t “ruled anything out.”

He told reporters, though, that he has no interest in playing the “spoiler.”

“When I run for something, I run to win,” he said, per the Hill. 

While he mulls it over, he’s letting off steam by getting under Donald Trump Jr’s skin.

In addition to the extracurricular Trump family baiting, Amash has been ruffling feathers all over Capitol Hill, following up his Monday exit from the Freedom Caucus — which he co-founded — with a vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt, breaking with the other Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.

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  1. Keep it up Justin. Every long journey begins with the first step. Maybe some of your colleagues will find the courage to join you.

  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Now that’s a burn worthy of a TPMer, but it is Junior, after all -a soft target if I’ve ever seen one. Almost unfair.

  3. Best. Reply. Ever.

    Amash 10 DJTJ 0

    This was pretty good too.

    At this point Uday is scoring points like a Thai Womens soccer team.

  4. Junior is stupid but he’s also an incredible punk so this is pretty deelish. Just like those YouTube bully videos where the bully bullies and bullies and then POW gets decked with one well-thrown punch.

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