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Amash brands Clinton a ‘Trump asset’ whose Gabbard attack will ‘drive many people’ to GOP

By Zach Halaschak
Published October 19, 2019 4:45pm ET
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Amash brands Clinton a ‘Trump asset’ whose Gabbard attack will ‘drive many people’ to GOP
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)

Rep. Justin Amash said that Hillary Clinton is helping President Trump’s chances at being reelected by calling 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard a “Russian asset.”

Amash, a 39-year-old Tea Party conservative who left the Republican Party over Trump, tweeted that Clinton’s comments were going to “drive many people into the arms of Donald Trump.”

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2020 Elections Congress Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Justin Amash Russia Tulsi Gabbard