Never Trumpers flip out over Amash testing presidential waters

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Republicans and former party members hoping President Trump won’t win reelection in the fall are seething over Michigan Rep. Justin Amash’s decision to launch a presidential exploratory committee, fearing a Libertarian Party bid will throw November’s contest in the incumbent’s favor.

Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman who left the GOP in February after unsuccessfully trying to mount a primary challenge against Trump, ripped Amash’s announcement as “a terrible idea.”

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