The simple case for Justin Amash for president

Published April 29, 2020 3:36pm ET



In the culmination of months of speculation, on Tuesday, Rep. Justin Amash officially launched a third-party presidential bid, seeking the Libertarian Party’s nomination to challenge President Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The Michigan congressman is already coming under fire from both sides, as the establishment moves to swat down a potential disruption to the two-party status quo.

“He can’t win! Spoiler! Voting for Amash is just a vote for Biden/Trump!” the partisan agents and tribal loyalists will undoubtedly screech. Even if those charges were true — and they’re not — they wouldn’t actually matter. No one is owed your vote just by virtue of belonging to a party. Fundamentally, a presidential election poses a simple question: Who would be the best president? On that count, Amash is clearly superior to both alternatives.

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