In the aftermath of Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., calling for President Trump to be impeached over the findings in Robert Mueller’s report from the special counsel’s investigation, he is now going to be facing a primary challenger. State Rep. Jim Lower announced his candidacy on Sunday.
Speaking with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Monday, Lower further explained why he is running against the five-term congressman.
“He is calling for our president to be impeached and he doubled down on it today. I saw that he doubled down on those comments saying the Mueller report indicated he should be impeached. There is nobody besides Bob Mueller that would have loved to come out with that conclusion, and even he couldn’t come to that conclusion. It is completely ridiculous,” Lower said.
“You know at this point, Justin Amash has more in common with Rashida Tlaib than he does the average Republican primary voter in the district. So, we are going beat him on this issue, but we’re also beat him on the fact that in ten years in Congress, he’s gotten one bill passed and it was to rename a post office. Completely ineffective,” he said.
[Also read: House Freedom Caucus condemns Amash for backing impeachment]
After posting on Twitter about his thoughts on impeachment, Amash did receive praise from Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
You are putting country first, and that is to be commended. We both took an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. Please let me know if you are interested signing on to the resolution to begin the investigation into impeachment. https://t.co/f5CT3uB81d
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) May 18, 2019
???? This isn’t about politics, it’s about the fate of our nation! https://t.co/TmxWAE9eo9
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 19, 2019
When asked about Lower’s campaign, Amash, who has become the first Republican in Congress to call for Trump to be impeached, said it was not serious and he feels confident he will win in the upcoming primary.
