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struggle4progress

(118,336 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 09:04 AM Feb 2017

GOP rep pushes back

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 02/21/17 10:27 PM EST

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Tuesday pushed back against President Trump’s claim that “liberal activists” are organizing agitated protests in GOP districts throughout the United States.

“They are our fellow Americans with legitimate concerns. We need to stop acting so fragile. I'm proud to defend liberty and the Constitution,” Amash wrote on Twitter in response to Trump's tweet ...


http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320573-gop-rep-pushes-back-on-trumps-tweet-about-gop-district-protests

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Siwsan

(26,289 posts)
1. Wow - given his district location, this is pretty amazing
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 09:07 AM
Feb 2017

He's in the Grand Rapids area, which is DeVos country. I hope he hires a food taster.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,036 posts)
2. The Minority President is such a snowflake that he gets triggered by the slightest criticism.
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 09:48 AM
Feb 2017

When that happens, tRump needs to retreat to his safe place (Twitter) where he can insult people without looking them in the face.

judesedit

(4,443 posts)
4. Thank you. The GOP has to bribe and pay their audiences. They are projecting what they do onto us.
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 11:12 AM
Feb 2017

But, they are totally wrong about us. We are out there to fight the hypocrisy and hate. We see through the bullshit. Drumpf and his cabinet of misfits are a disaster for this country and every other. We will fight against any and all injustices they try to impose for all Americans.

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