Justin Amash says he’ll ‘protect transgender Americans’ as president

By Anthony Leonardi

Published May 2, 2020 7:41pm ET

Justin Amash says he’ll ‘protect transgender Americans’ as president — FILE - In this June 12, 2019 file photo, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., listens to debate as the House Oversight and Reform Committee considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Amash, the only Republican in Congress to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump, said Thursday, July 3 he is leaving the GOP because he has become disenchanted with partisan politics and "frightened by what I see from it." | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Social issues will be a focus for Michigan Rep. Justin Amash if he is elected president.

In a Friday telephone interview, Amash, who recently announced a presidential exploratory committee for the Libertarian Party’s nomination, said he would advocate for protections of transgender and gay people.

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