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Justin Amash Tears Into Brian Ellis and the Establishment in Victory Speech
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:39 pm
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:39 pm
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Justin Amash says that some members of House have been "not that nice" to him. Thanks Liberty Caucus pals for texting him tonight. #MI03
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"With the number of establishment interest groups against me, this is really a remarkable margin of victory," - Amash #MI03
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"To Brian Ellis, you owe my family and this community and apology for a disgusting and despicable smear campaign," - Justin Amash #MI03
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Amash going off at the microphone. To Ellis he says "I ran for office to stop people like you..." Quite the victory speech. #MI03
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Amash also had strong words for former congressman Pete Hoekstra, who endorsed Ellis. “I want to say to lobbyist Pete Hoekstra, you’re a disgrace,” he said. “I’m glad we could hand you one more loss before you fade into total obscurity and irrelevance.”
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“(Ellis) ran a smear campaign. It was despicable. It was disgusting. And then he had the audacity to call me up and try to make nice. He’s what wrong with politics, people like him. And I stood up to these people. They lie, they smear, they distort, and then they think everything’s fine afterwards and it’s not fine,” Amash said.
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When I mentioned to Amash that critics will say he should have at least answered Ellis' concession call, he laughed. #MI03
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Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:42 pm to Volmanac
The libertarian impulse in the republican party is unstoppable.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:44 pm to Volmanac
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"I ran for office to stop people like you..."
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“I want to say to lobbyist Pete Hoekstra, you’re a disgrace,” he said. “I’m glad we could hand you one more loss before you fade into total obscurity and irrelevance.”
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When I mentioned to Amash that critics will say he should have at least answered Ellis' concession call, he laughed
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:46 pm to Volmanac
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The libertarian impulse in the republican party is unstoppable.
yep, no one can stop us! We're going to take over the world and then leave everyone alone!
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:54 pm to SlowFlowPro
That gif really is perfect for my reaction 
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:56 pm to Volmanac
Justin Amash 
I love it. There is no accepting the phone call from the other guy because "hey, we all do what it takes to win, good on ya!"
I hope the establishment GOP knows that we are coming for them and the statist democrats alike.
I love it. There is no accepting the phone call from the other guy because "hey, we all do what it takes to win, good on ya!"
I hope the establishment GOP knows that we are coming for them and the statist democrats alike.
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Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:59 pm to SlowFlowPro
Dialogue like that is making me want to fap, it's great political fap material. Posting naked right now...
Posted on 8/6/14 at 12:01 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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The libertarian impulse in the republican party is unstoppable.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 12:12 am to SlowFlowPro
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SlowFlowPro
Posted on 8/6/14 at 12:12 am to Sentrius
The problem now with the Establishment wing of the GOP, including Karl Rove and his ilk, will do NOTHING to help the conservative, tea party or libertarian candidates. They could care less if a Democrat gets elected because of their lack of support and should be called on the carpet in public for it.
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 12:44 am to Volmanac
Another loss by a US Chamber backed candidate.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:30 am to Volmanac
It moved...
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:50 am to antibarner
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The problem now with the Establishment wing of the GOP, including Karl Rove and his ilk, will do NOTHING to help the conservative, tea party or libertarian candidates. They could care less if a Democrat gets elected because of their lack of support and should be called on the carpet in public for i
You're right on the first part, but not the reasoning. The establishment types don't mind losing to dems because it provides valuable fund raising material when Dems are in power. Do you ever wonder why POTUS whines so much about Republicans? It's because that shakes loose the pockets of his base
Posted on 8/6/14 at 7:03 am to Volmanac
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Amash also had strong words for former congressman Pete Hoekstra, who endorsed Ellis. “I want to say to lobbyist Pete Hoekstra, you’re a disgrace,” he said. “I’m glad we could hand you one more loss before you fade into total obscurity and irrelevance.”
Scorched Earth
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:50 am to USMCTiger03
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Another loss by a US Chamber backed candidate.
Which is fricking awesome!
The chamber can go straight to hell.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:58 am to Ping Pong
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yep, no one can stop us!
Didn't the tea-party candidates (including an incumbent) lose every other primary last night?
And that's not really my idea of a victory speech. I guess it's the kind of thing you'd like if you like that kind of thing. I didn't follow the race, so I guess I don't know what he's so pissed off about (though see my sig quote).
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 10:08 am to Navytiger74
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I didn't follow the race, so I guess I don't know what he's so pissed off about (though see my sig quote).
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I'm the furthest thing from a Tea Party fan, but Amash is one of the few guys who walks the walk when it comes to having libertarian instincts. (Examples: he brought the first floor vote against the NSA after the Snowden leaks which almost passed despite being whipped against by both parties, and was one of less than a dozen reps who voted against Israel's Iron Dome welfare check last week.) For that he gets shite on by establishment front groups like the Chamber of Commerce and the Right to Life Committee who twist his positions on omnibus bills and individual votes despite being free-market and pro-life. He has a legit reason to be mad as hell in this race.
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 10:10 am to Iosh
There are things about Amash I like.
Waging war on the establishment and then whining like a bitch about people being mean to him is not one of the things.
Waging war on the establishment and then whining like a bitch about people being mean to him is not one of the things.
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