Justin Amash Decides That No, He’s Not Actually Going to Run for President
“After much reflection, I’ve concluded that circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year,” he wrote on Twitter.
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Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) announced on Saturday that he would not run for president in 2020 after earlier exploring a run against President Trump. He wrote on Twitter: “After much reflection, I’ve concluded that circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year, and therefore I will not be a candidate.” He said polarization was “near an all-time high” and the coronavirus pandemic made it harder to reach audiences outside the mainstream media and convince them to consider lesser-known candidates and alternative parties. He said last month that he would explore a bid on a libertarian platform.
I continue to believe that a candidate from outside the old parties, offering a vision of government grounded in liberty and equality, can break through in the right environment.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 16, 2020
But this environment presents extraordinary challenges.
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