Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, the first Republican in Congress to accuse President Donald Trump of impeachable conduct, is in trouble.
Amash is facing a primary challenge from a Republican loyal to the president.
Second-term state Rep. Jim Lower announced Monday he’s running for the western Michigan seat. The announcement came two days after Amash sent a series of tweets , concluding that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election reveals Trump “engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment.”
The 30-year-old Lower, of Greenville, says he made the announcement earlier than planned after Amash attacked Trump.
Lower calls himself a “pro-Trump, pro-life, pro-jobs, pro-Second Amendment, pro-family values Republican.”
Another Republican, Army National Guard veteran Tom Norton, announced last month he is running.
Amash was first elected in 2010 and overcame a 2014 primary challenge.
The Associated Press contributed to this article