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Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) drops his presidential bid.

The independent lawmaker turned Libertarian is no longer seeking a presidential bid. Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) will now seek another term as congressman from Grand Rapids.

The former Republican turned on Donald J. Trump and was the sole member to vote to impeach him in 2019. He and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) have fallen out of favor with Trump and he no longer allows them to attend strategy retreats.

When he announced back in April he was considering a presidential exploratory committee, many thought that he was going to run as an independent to siphon votes off Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee.

He decided to run for the Libertarian Party. It turns out that the party national delegation felt that Amash is too Republican to be a Libertarian. Many Libertarians didn't vibe with his campaign.

He couldn't muster enough people to back his bid for president. So after this few weeks of speculation, he decided to end the bid.

"After much reflection, I've concluded that circumstances don't lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year, and therefore I will not be a candidate," he said on social media.

Amash said the decision was difficult. He said that the Democratic Party and Republican Party have went too far extreme and he said his vision of governance would have been appealing to both parties.

Amash served the 3rd U.S. Congressional District in Michigan since 2011. He's facing a tough challenge. As an independent congressman he's facing a fight from the right and a Democratic opponent.

He and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) have the most to lose. Tlaib, a freshman lawmaker who is part of the Squad is facing a rematch with Brenda Jones, a one term congresswoman who served the remaining term of John Conyers. She lost the primary race but won a special primary.

Jones is trying to unseat Tlaib.

Tlaib faced controversy after she encouraged Bernie Bros to boo Hillary Clinton. And said she doesn't give a fuck about people hating it.

Amash had earlier considered running for the Republican primary. However he wouldn't be able to be on the ballot because Ronna Romney McDaniel blocked Republican caucuses and primaries.