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Justin Amash is a former Republican congressman who once voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
However, he is a staunch libertarian with an excellent record on civil liberties and opposition to the Deep State who is now running for the US Senate.
One of his primary Republican opponents is Mike Rogers, a Bush-Cheney-era Republican who strongly supports government spying on citizens and is deeply a supporter of the Deep State.
And Donald Trump just endorsed the Deep State guy.
Rand Paul’s response: WTF?
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Rand Paul: Mike Rogers is ‘the worst Deep State candidate this cycle’
From Mediaite, “Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) lashed out at former President Donald Trump for endorsing “the worst Deep State candidate this cycle” on Monday after Trump gave his blessing to Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL).
Trump gave Rogers his “complete and total support” in his bid for the Michigan Senate.
And Paul called him out on it.
The story continued:
“Donald Trump just endorsed the worst Deep State candidate this cycle. @MikeRogersForMI is never a Trumper and a card-carrying member of the spy state trying to destroy Trump,” Paul said. “You have to ask yourself who gives Trump this terrible advice? Who’s next, John Bolton?”
In an other sendPaul added, “If he’s good with Mike Rogers (R-Deep State), maybe he should pick Liz Cheney as vice president?”
Paul also posted a collection of clips showing Rogers criticizing Trump and predicting that Trump would not be the Republican nominee in 2024.
“I don’t believe today, as I sit here, that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee in 2024. I don’t believe that,” Rogers said in one of the clips, while another showed the congressman condemning Trump’s attacks on the media.
Trump wrote of Rogers: “Mike will work closely with me to implement our America First policies. He will fight tirelessly to secure the border, stop inflation, grow the economy, strengthen our military and veteran support, and protect and defend our ever-under-siege Second Amendment.”
“Mike Rogers will be a great and powerful senator from Michigan and he has my complete and total support. HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN!”
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Mike Rogers is basically a male Liz Cheney
Rogers’ Republican philosophy is much closer to that of neoconservative Liz Cheney, an avid Trump opponent, than to that of Amash, who is more in tune with Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R- UT) in their political positions.
No one knows who will win Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat in November, and Trump’s support will surely carry the day.
Even when he supports candidates who go against many of the “America First” principles Trump claims to defend.
Rand Paul is not wrong in his assessment of Donald Trump’s latest endorsement.
