Rep. Justin Amash: The Two-Party System Needs to Die

[@TheMotoManiac]

Justin Amash, Rand Paul, Thomas Massie are all great politicians (senators and congressman) and one common thing that connects them all is that they cross party lines to vote for freedom of the people rather than stick to their party line vote. We don't deserve them, but we really, really need them.

[@John_W_SmokesJR]

@01bletsch I would like to second, Amash is a piece of shit and an enemy of America.

[@awordabout...3061]

@01bletsch How exactly does suggesting that we should stick to the original principles laid out by the Founders constitute being a traitor?

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Dude..go smoke some more pole

[@BeirutBallin]

Who’s here after Justin announced his exploratory candidacy?

[@erikmore1286]

Me

[@alexcovell6905]

Me

[@isshintheglocksaintPlotagon]

me

[@adamsmith3413]

He’s gonna get Crushed. He bought the Russia hoax hook line and sinker. This didn’t age well. Coney has admitted his culpability in the attempted intelligence coup against an elected POTUS.

[@Bloodylaser]

I've never met Congressman Amash but I find him to be a very honest man, I really like it when he goes on facebook and explains how he voted this way. Easily one of the original tea partiers who did not sell out when he came to DC unlike Kinzinger or Ayotte.

[@BrockJamesStory]

Im proud as hell to say that Justin Amash is my rep!!!!!

[@McRocket]

I agree with him.

[@reader88888888]

McRocket Justin Amash is the most transparent Political figure that you will ever set your eyes upon. Other than maybe Ralph Nader...and he seems cooky but has agreed with Ron Paul about how bad the banks/bankers have gotten.

[@calvini2860]

Met him on a plane. Twas a good man.

[@stymiesnerdly771]

Thank God we have people like Mr. Amash & Mr. Massie in DC.

[@fundude4566]

I don’t agree with him on everything but i like a guy who has the guts to stand up for what he believes in.

[@fritoman182]

I would love to see regular interviews with Amash, Massie, and Paul for inside scoops.

[@hostarepairman]

Me, too!

[@Aznmf]

Ron Paul!!!!!!!

[@JRWtheIII]

Well Dr. Paul, though very healthy will be well into his eighties. I say Secretary of the Treasury. Sick him on the Federal Reserve and IRS!

[@SuperLazyCat]

Finally some God damn sense

[@JRWtheIII]

Bravo! One of your best interviews! Cheers to both Mr. Welch and Congressman Amash.

[@Karltheknight]

Justin Amash is the only Libertarian representative, & he an Orthodox Christian, now you have to admit that's pretty cool.

[@Grand1Admiral]

The parties have already collapsed

[@Grand1Admiral]

It always happens every hundred years or so, especially with the rise of progressives.

[@Grand1Admiral]

It just does not look like it from the outside or inside.

[@t-motionofficial4777]

Amash for President!!! He is the best option we have

[@Sarcastic_Asmodeus]

Save us Justin Amash!

[@tacokoneko]

omg i love the comment sections on reastontv! everywhere else on youtube the comments section is a bloody hellscape of war between violent communists and fascists, and here everyone is very liberty oriented, something I've never seen before!

[@tristansvoboda3649]

The two party system cannot go away. Under a first past the post system, it is mathematically guaranteed.

[@halykan]

Well, Amash is also a big proponent of ranked choice voting and fairer ballot access. I mean, he's only got an R after his name because Michigan has straight ticket voting, so . . .

[@emmaharris2952]

If Congress want's to really do something meaningful, start with the abolition of the Commission on Presidential Debates. My bet is that any (much-needed) dismantling of the two-party system won't happen without this criminal enterprise, along with it's handlers, being hanged, drawn and quartered.

[@iamchillydogg]

Isn't a private entity?

[@TheCrewChief374]

I am glad, that I don't vote for anyone who will vote for a bill that is marginally better than the bill or law it may, or may not be replacing in one form or another! That is why, as a life long voting Independent, I have voted none of the above! Because, I want something that is either the best a person can possibly do, or forget it and don't mess with something that you are not going to make the best for everyone as a whole!

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

So then those who will make things incrementally worse will win the election, and things will get incrementally worse with them running things.

[@TheCrewChief374]

@@Fuzzybeanerizer It has been that way for years. Which is why I have always been an Independent. Since both sides have played a part in making things incrementally worse. Therefore, if the person is only repeating a bunch of talking points, and has no intention of actually representing the people who allegedly elected them. Then it will not get any better until people really do their research on the person they just have to vote for every time they come up for re election. Furthermore, if there does happen to be someone running against them, it is normally someone that is just there to make it appear that we actually have a choice. Although in reality they already know who the winner is going to be normally.

[@Knightmessenger]

You should ask him about electoral reforms that would weaken the 2 party stranglehold, such as ranked choice voting and proportional representation.

[@zombiedude347]

The 2-party system will best be killed by implementing a direct proportional representation system. My method of doing so would be 1) a way to register a new political party with the state 2) a way to register what party you are in for the next election (independent counted as it's own "party") 3) at election time, assign each party X representatives and Y senators, proportional to the number of people registered 4) each party implements it's own multi-winner voting system to elect their own representatives and senators 5) independents vote for independents using a multi-winner system chosen by congress. 6) any single-winner election, such as the president, is instead done using a range-vote between -1 and 1 between members of all parties and independents.

[@iamchillydogg]

How about just prohibit the government from initiating force and then it won't matter who gets elected?

[@kharyrobertson3579]

Reading the bill still has value, you learn about the people who wrote it and their intentions from what they are willing to put into the bill. How about just do your job?

[@br1anlars0n]

There is no "Russia behavior" give it up.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

That's the thing. They want it to finally be over. The former FBI director straight out said, there is no evidence of the Trump Administration being influenced by Russia. The media just doesn't want to give up on this. An oversight hearing should end it.

Former FBI director Comey was a cover-up artist for HSBC, a huge British bank scandal involving drug cartels... Obama's visit to the Vatican provided secret NSA computer input wiping out secret accounts held by Clinton's Latin America Working Group and the Jewish sex slavery ring owned by Clinton friends Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz... The Vatican's bank and Westminster are invested heavily in child trafficking and laundering money for opium cartels.

[@jefferyshall]

I generally like Justin, but he was dead wrong on the Russia investigation and now we know that for a fact!

[@tristramcoffin926]

I actually align with Justin Amash much more closely than to Donald Trump. However, I look Amash in the last 12 months and realize he is much too ambitious to truly be a Libertarian.

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

Thank goodness Trump is not ambitious, hey?

[@HugheyFamily828]

He's right.

[@icelandicpig1426]

they should unite and create the American Party

[@PurestPosition]

Hyperbole isn't a solution.

[@randomquestion7592]

Ive listened to the entire video, but five minutes later I can't remember what they have said.

[@Lev-The-King]

Amash 2020

[@healthhavencom]

Liquidate the government. All of it. Next question.

[@iamchillydogg]

How about just prohibit it from initiating force?

[@Rensune]

While it would be lovely for parties not to exist, that's Not realistic. Aside from human nature (people banding together in a common cause) the Electoral college makes it so there Cannot Be more than 2 parties. Better to call for Libertarians to replace the Democrats.

[@Flatunello]

Since Democrats are largely socialists and libertarian are anything but, that idea is absurd. We have the non-statist concepts of both parties, i.e., live and let live. No public schools or government curricula, for example. If taxes must support education, make vouchers available to allow choice irrespective of school type, religious or secular. No majoritarian force on minority positions, be they political, ethnic, religious, or economic minorities - simple rules for a peaceful life.

[@adamsmith3413]

Justin is a inexperienced kid. He spend two years in law one of which was working for his Dads company. He needs to go back to the private sector he loves so much and learn something.

[@willnitschke]

Unfortunately this guy is a dim wit. Eliminating the two party system creates a one party system, I.e., communist countries don't have political parties. The US might be better served with more than two parties, but advocating for no parties is equivalent to advocating for governmental non accountability,

[@rockymealor3584]

China has 7 political parties

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

Many countries have 3 or more parties which have to cooperate to get anything done.

[@kapuchinsky]

I used to say smash the state now I say Amash the state.

[@scotthime6928]

I used to say that Nancy Pelosi was an idiot. Now I say that Amash is an idiot.

[@harstoft]

The GOP should stay, the democrats in the GOP should leave.

[@Rob8729]

When Amash says we need another party he means the communist party.

[@Rob8729]

@sadf asdf Poor little triggered snowflake.

[@eliassaca7310]

Justin is of Palestinian descent

[@jeffjoy4954]

Your statement is moot as we are all descendants of the same family at the beginning of time.

[@hostarepairman]

And of what descent are you, Mr. Saca? And who with an open mind would care?

[@parsnip82]

At last, a fighter for enforcement of the US Constitution and the Rule of Law, which the Orange Menace breaks on a daily basis. With regard to the Trump sycophants who renounce you, Justin Amash: Don't let the bastards get you down!

[@ironmanjakarta8601]

Anyone who believes in the "rule of law" is not a libertarian.

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

Huh? Without the rule of law, we have the cult of personality.

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Along with democrats

[@TheComedyButchers]

I would disagree. Having differing opinions causes discussion, and leads to better action.

[@1maxruss]

"Better action"? Examples?

[@sisterbrothers1677]

Buh-bye. Good luck getting elected in 2020.

[@adh0522]

One ? clown, what have you accomplished outside of being elected to represent the constituents you've now abandoned?

[@adh0522]

@sadf asdf erf baby. "count" - as in how many times you answered some other question

[@frankdugan1182]

Amash is an ABASH

[@McRocket]

Jesus...this interviewer talks WAYYY too much. Simplify your questions, please. An interview should not be 75% interviewer and only 25% interviewee.

[@michellec1866]

Why not just call yourself independent?

[@BerserkxELF943]

Who is this guy, why should I care and why is this low level BS in the national news?

[@hostarepairman]

Do some research and maybe, just maybe, you'll see the light.

[@r.c.7762]

How did that Russian probe go for you, LOL.

[@Andres64B]

the only non stupid thing he is ever said.

[@idgafx2k1]

Tom hanks 2020

[@hostarepairman]

Tom Hanks is a pleasant, very successful left wing actor/writer who at times does not show a lot of respect for the Constitution He ain't Clint Eastwood..

[@666crippled666]

lol "muh russia" no thanks.

[@codynunez5246]

He's just like Ron Paul. Getting nothing done to ACTUALLY push liberty forward other than just being an idealist and never comprising.

[@d4n4nable]

Yeah, he should rather be like every other politicians: pushing for shit legislation that actually passes. What a moronic statement...

[@jillybeangaming]

Cody Nunez as a politician, all he can do is write/support bills that support liberty, small government, and the freemarket, or he can vote "no" on bills that do the opposite. he can try to change minds, educate his colleagues, and speak with the younger generation in hopes that they vote more folks like him into congress... otherwise, what else is he supposed to do? he's principled, a man of integrity, just as both the pauls are. that's not a bad thing. in fact, we need MORE of it in congress.

[@PurestPosition]

What is he not doing that you would do? How about you run for congress and see how difficult it is.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

What do you expect one man to accomplish in a sea of stooges? Amash has one voice and one vote in congress.

[@d4n4nable]

Maybe if the rest of the country would stop to vote for horrible politicians...