Amash: Pelosi’s ‘Making A Mistake’ Not Starting Impeachment Proceedings

UNITED STATES - MAY 16:  Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., speaks at a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the Smith-Amash Amendment to the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act that would "prevent the indefinite detention of and use of military custody for individuals detained on U.S. soil - including U.S. citizens - and ensure access to due process and the federal court system, as the Constitution provides."  (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., speaks at a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the Smith-Amash Amendment to the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act that would "prevent the ind... UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., speaks at a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the Smith-Amash Amendment to the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act that would "prevent the indefinite detention of and use of military custody for individuals detained on U.S. soil - including U.S. citizens - and ensure access to due process and the federal court system, as the Constitution provides." (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) said on Sunday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is “making a mistake” by not starting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

Amash, who recently left the Republican Party to become an independent, told CNN reporter Jake Tapper that Pelosi’s reluctance to begin impeachment proceedings is a “big problem.”

“From a principled, moral position, she’s making a mistake,” Amash said. “From a strategic position, she’s making a mistake.”

“When she says things like, ‘Oh, I think that we need to have the strongest case before we go forward,’ what she’s telling the American people is she doesn’t think there’s a strong case,” he continued. “If she doesn’t think that, then she shouldn’t open her mouth in the first place and say she thinks there’s impeachable conduct.”

The Michigan congressman pointed out that most Americans don’t have time to read special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report in full.

“They expect Congress to do the work for them. They want Speaker Pelosi to do the work,” Amash said. “They want other members to do the work and if she doesn’t want to go forward then we have a big problem.”

Before he left the party, Amash was the only Republican in Congress who called for Trump’s impeachment after the Mueller report was released.

Watch Amash below:

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  1. What’s the rush? Start them in the fall. They’ll have more impact then.

  2. Yes Yes Yes

    Let us take advice from someone who, until just a week ago or so, was a full fledged member of the most damaging to our Republic Congressional and Senate Majority in the history of the Republic.

    Definitely, yeah.

  3. This isn’t about impeachment or ethics.

    Amash is going to run third-party.

  4. I am only entering this datum in so as to offer some perspective.

    Last week, Lawrence had a statistic about public support for Impeachment of Trump.

    53% were opposed.

    Now I can offer a ten inch post railing about a country, the majority of which, is STILL not in favor of Impeaching the most corrupt politician in the history of the United States.

    This is the reality that we face. But there is another reality. Mueller will talk on the 17th. That number above will change.

  5. There is a presumption that any member of the inappropriately named Freedom Caucus is devoid of ethics.

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