Susan del Percio on Justin Amash: ‘This Was a Very Good First Step’

‘The question is what’s the next step’

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JANSING: "So Susan, is Justin Amash standing up for his principles or is he moving away from a party where he knows he can’t win?"
DEL PERCIO: "Both, I think. He -- he was looking to make a significant move, it seems, for a while. This was not a decision he woke up yesterday and said I’m going to announce this tomorrow. It’s not just about Justin Amash and this move with Republicans. A the lot of people ask me why am I still a Republican given everything and my lack of support for the president’s agenda. But I think it's -- this was a very good first step. The question is what’s the next step. And to me it is, is Justin Amash going to get involved in a movement which must start at the state level to start allowing independent candidates on the ballot and raise up. We always talk every four years about an independent candidate. And I just don’t see — that’s not where the change is going to happen. It's going to happen from the ground up. So it may be a very good start but what else -- what is he going to do?"

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