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It takes courage to speak to truth to power
when you're the lone voice in an entire political party but Rep Justin Amash is
undaunted. The only Republican to call for Donald Trump's impeachment, he held
a town hall in Grand Rapids Michigan on May 28 and drew standing ovations from
a crowd of about 900.
Afterwards, he tweeted a long thread highlighting
how Attorney General Barr distorted the truth of the Mueller Report to protect
the president from impeachment.
It may have worked in the interim, primarily
because Democrats are holding back on making a commitment that could cost them
in the 2020 elections, but eventually this corrupt house of cards will collapse
and all who have enabled the wannabe demagogue in the White House will go down
with him.
Whatever Justin Amash's fate as a
Republican politician, he will be the only one who can sleep with a clear
conscience. The man deserves a medal, and a wealth of gratitude, not just from
Americans, but from people around the world, as Trump's policies—and the lust for power that keeps GOP
politicians slavishly enabling his neuroses and his attacks on equality, human
rights and the health of the planet—increasingly threaten world peace and
economic stability and open the door to the far right.
Amash's tweet and the content of the full thread are below.
Amash's tweet and the content of the full thread are below.
Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented key aspects of Mueller’s report and decisions in the investigation, which has helped further the president’s false narrative about the investigation.— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 28, 2019
The text of the full thread is below:
