Trump eggs on Amash third-party White House run

Source: Politico | April 29, 2020 | Quint Forgey

The Michigan congressman has announced he is forming an exploratory committee for president as a Libertarian Party candidate.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday encouraged Michigan Rep. Justin Amash’s prospective third-party White House bid, which critics fear could amount to an electoral spoiler for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

The president’s backhanded show of support for the independent congressman came in a tweet responding to a Washington Post op-ed by former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, who unsuccessfully challenged Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination.

In his op-ed, published Wednesday, Walsh warned Amash could “siphon enough votes” from Biden “to hand the election to Trump,” and described his former House colleague’s potential run as a “terrible idea” — an assessment with which the president disagreed online.

“No, I think Amash would make a wonderful candidate, especially since he is way behind in his district and has no chance of maintaining his Congressional seat,” Trump tweeted.

“He almost always votes for the Do Nothing Dems anyway. I like him even more than Jill Stein!” the president added, referring to the 2016 Green Party nominee whose candidacy some Democrats complain took votes away from Hillary Clinton and contributed to Trump’s victory.

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