[It's official] Justin Amash running for US Senate (R-MI)

From Mike Rogers @MikeRogersForMI

President Reagan said it best: "The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."

The Biden-Slotkin spending habits have driven the American economy to the brink. On November 5th, we stop them.
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Mike Rogers knows all about spending too much as a government official. This Republican primary is no contest when it comes to our records. On August 6, we stop him.

Continuing appropriations bill: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll179.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Debt limit increase: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll690.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Bloated spending bill: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll857.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Omnibus: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll941.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Bloated spending bill: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll451.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Omnibus + Obamacare funding: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll579.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Reduce automatic spending cuts: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll644.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Increase tax rates + delay automatic spending cuts: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Spend more + cancel automatic spending cuts + suspend debt limit: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll550.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Spend more + raise spending caps: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll640.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

1,600-page, trillion-dollar omnibus: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll021.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

"Farm" bill loaded with subsidies and welfare: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll031.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

OPIC subsidies for foreign investments: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll208.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Cut billions in corporate welfare: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll377.xml
Amash: Yes
Rogers: No

Reduce Department of Energy spending: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll400.xml
Amash: Yes
Rogers: No

Highway Trust Fund bailout: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll414.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

Spending bill + Ex-Im corporate welfare bank: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll509.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes

1,700-page, trillion-dollar "CRomnibus": https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll563.xml
Amash: No
Rogers: Yes
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https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1779981820269875388
 
The Rebel Poet said:
Wait, you still have stage 5 Amash Derangement Syndrome?
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His brain is mush from his stage 6 Trump Rearrangement Syndrome. Everything else follows from that.

With Meijer out of the race, that at least opens up an opportunity for Amash. The Trumpies are going to go for Rogers so it's more about the rest of them.
 
From a couple weeks ago:
The Detroit Free Press editorial board endorsed former Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) on Monday in the GOP primary for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat – taking a brutal swipe at former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI).

Rogers, who former President Donald Trump has endorsed, is currently leading the field to run in November for a seat that could potentially decide the majority in the Senate.

“Rogers’ transactional approach to politics, his ideological inconsistency and obeisance to former President Donald Trump render him a poor fit for this Senate seat,” wrote the editorial board of Detorit’s largest paper while explaining its decision to endorse Amash. ...
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https://www.mediaite.com/politics/d...p-endorsed-candidate-in-key-michigan-primary/

I looked for some info on the Michigan Senate race this morning. Looks like Amash is trailing Mike Rogers for the GOP nomination and the (presumed?) Dem candidate Slotkin is likely to beat either of them in the general election. That's a shame.
 
"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice #318: Justin Amash
https://odysee.com/@MichaelMalice:6/your-welcome-with-michael-malice-318:4
{Michael Malice | 03 July 2024}

Michael Malice (“YOUR WELCOME”) invites 2024 senate candidate and former US representative, Justin Amash, onto the show to share his thoughts on this year’s political races, what caused his evolution as a politician, and how the Israel Hamas war has deeply impacted him and his family.

JUSTIN AMASH
- https://x.com/justinamash
- https://justinamash.com

 

https://x.com/justinamash/status/1816224501044244916

At times, maybe I haven’t been direct enough in my request (and need) for campaign funds.

I’ll be blunt.

Our internal metrics are excellent. We are winning this race for U.S. Senate. We have the better product by far.

But we don’t have the resources we need right now.

This evening I’ll have to decide whether to cut a significant portion of our planned final outreach to primary voters.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

We just need 1,000 people to give $100, or 100 people to give $1,000. I know that’s not possible for everyone, but if you support this campaign, and you can spare it, I’m asking for your help.

This is not one of those pitches drafted by a consultant. What I post here is genuine.

I’m writing this message because it’s serious. You can make a difference in the outcome.

Thank you so much.
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Swordsmyth said:
When self-proclaimed constitutionalist Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) endorsed impeachment of President Donald Trump, it shocked many conservative Republicans to see the former tea party favorite join in the Democrats’ witch hunt.
But Amash’s left-ward drift has been a long time in the making. One egregious example in recent years was Amash’s support of federally-funded elective surgery for transgenders in the military.
In 2017, Amash joined 190 Democrats and a handful of liberal anti-Trump Republicans to reject a proposal by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) to deny federal funds for the elective surgery of military personnel claiming they are transgender.
“We must confront these challenges by ensuring our defense dollars maximize the military’s readiness and lethality,” Hartlzer said. “That is why I’m offering an amendment to advance these goals by prohibiting taxpayer dollars from funding gender reassignment surgeries and related hormone therapy treatment for members of the military and their dependents.”


The measure could have saved up to $3.7 billion over the next decade by refusing to indulge these potentially mentally ill individuals with genital mutilation surgery and other health care services pertaining to their condition. The supposed fiscal conservative voted in effect to expend federal funds on this social project.
After feeling the heat from his constituents regarding this vote, Amash first passed the buck, blaming former Defense Secretary James Mattis to his support of military transgenderism.
“Sec. [James] Mattis and the White House urged us not to adopt Hartzler Amendment [and] all the administration wants is three months to review everything,” he said.
The administration never confirmed Amash’s statement. It does not seem plausible that Amash, who has emerged as the top opponent to Trump in the Republican Party, would take orders from his White House.

Always talking out of both sides of his mouth, Amash seemed to endorse the idea of federally funding transgender medical care when addressing his followers on social media.
“Those who serve in our Armed Forces deserve the best medical care,” Amash wrote on his Facebook account. “One question we must ask and answer, with the aid of the medical community, is which treatments are medically necessary and which are simply elective. With respect to transgender persons, we should focus on the best science, not the political or philosophical opinions of partisans.”
Other times Amash has worked with Democrats have included his vote against Kate’s Law, his voting down of a resolution condemning illegal immigrants voting in elections, and his protection of Planned Parenthood funding with Obama-esque ‘present’ votes.
Two primary challengers have already announced that they will be battling against Amash next year to be the Republican U.S. Congressional nominee in Michigan’s third district.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/flashb...-for-military/
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What about a distinction between what is necessary to achieve gender transition versus what is necessary because of gender transition? For those who have had vagioplasty, they have basically an ongoing open wound that has to be properly dealt with or else there is a risk of infection and death.

https://nursing.jhu.edu/magazine/articles/2019/05/wound-care-transgender-women-vaginoplasty/

Even those who de-transition, like Walter Heyer, have ongoing health issues.

https://virtueonline.org/review-trans-life-survivors-walt-heyer

I was 50 when I had the breast implants removed, but the next few years were spent in confusion and counseling. In 1996, at the age of 55, I was finally free from the desire to live as a woman and changed my legal documents back to Walt, my biologically correct male sex. I still have scars on my chest, reminders of the gender detour that cost me 13 years of my life. I am on a hormone regimen to try to regulate a system that is permanently altered.​

The amendment could have been better written IMO. There should be no money for helping someone to transition, but a case by case basis for meeting the actual health needs of people who have already transitioned.
 
If Trump endorsed Rogers, then Rogers will win.

Justin isn't very smart which is unfortunate because he was at one time a better than average voice in Congress.
 
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