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Justin Amash, Congressman Who Left GOP, Announces He Won’t Run For President In 2020

Eric Quintanar
Justin Amash, Congressman Who Left GOP, Announces He Won’t Run For President In 2020
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Michigan Congressman Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party in 2019, has decided against running for president on the Libertarian ticket after launching an exploratory committee several weeks ago. 

In a twitter thread on Saturday morning, Amash said that he still believes a third-party candidate can win a presidential election, but suggested that the political environment wasn’t right for him. 

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