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BY JOHN BOWDEN - 02/23/19 03:40 PM EST
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), the only known GOP lawmaker to co-sponsor a resolution to block President Trump's emergency declaration, accused fellow Republicans on Saturday of "cry[ing] out for a king" to go around Congress.
The libertarian-leaning congressman urged members of his own party on Twitter to be "faithful" to the Constitution and reject Trump's plan to "usurp legislative powers" with a declaration aimed at reallocating funding for construction of a barrier at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"The same congressional Republicans who joined me in blasting Pres. Obamas executive overreach now cry out for a king to usurp legislative powers. If your faithfulness to the Constitution depends on which party controls the White House, then you are not faithful to it," Amash tweeted ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/431281-gop-lawmaker-critical-of-trump-move-blasts-republicans-who-cry-out-for-a-king
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,484 posts)"If your faithfulness to the Constitution depends on which party controls the White House, then you are not faithful to it."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's nice to see that at least some republicans have not completely taken leave of their senses.
Seiad
(55 posts).... but that means I contribute to a Republican. Well, put up or shut up I guess.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Can we put him on the endangered species list before he is gone forever?
James48
(4,443 posts)I have a great deal of respect for Justin Amash.
We seldom see eye to eye on policy issues, but he ALWAYS is true to his view of the Constitution, and for that I give him great respect.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)All for the sake of shitting all over the Judicial branch. Stacking the deck for maybe a generation with totally backwards-leaning regressives. And all those wonderful tax cuts that went mainly to the ultra wealthy and were NEVER meant for you