The Michigan congressman who quit the Republican party is seeking the Libertarian nomination – and he could make a difference in the election
“He has no idea what’s gonna hit him as a third-party challenger,” says Ralph Nader, who knows better than most after running for US president four times. “The public has bought into ‘the spoiler’. The public wants to vote for a winner.”
Nader is considering the prospects of Justin Amash, a congressman from Michigan who announced this week he is seeking the Libertarian nomination for the White House. Amash reasoned that millions of Americans do not feel well represented by either major party or their candidates: Republican Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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The Democratic party is much more scapegoating toward the small left parties than Republicans are to the Libertarians
It doesn’t serve our country well to have only flavour A and flavour B and that’s it
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