GOP Rep. Justin Amash on Sunday did not rule out a run for the White House in 2020 as a libertarian, but said it was "not on his radar." "I would never rule anything out," the Michigander said on CNN's "State of the Union."
"That's not on my radar right now, but I think that it is important that we have someone in there who is presenting a vision for America that is different from what these two parties are presenting," he said. Amash is the chairman of the House Liberty Caucus, which represents libertarian-minded lawmakers.
Amash, who was first elected as part of the tea party wave in 2010, notably did not endorse Donald Trump for president in 2016. Recently, he was one of 13 House Republicans who opposed the president's national emergency declaration.
"Right now, we have a wild amount of partisan rhetoric on both sides and Congress is totally broken," Amash said Sunday. "We can't debate things in a clear way anymore. Everything has become, 'Do you like President Trump or do you not like President Trump?'"
"I think that we need to return to basic American principles, talk about what we have in common as a people because I believe we have a lot in common as Americans," he added. "And try to move forward together, rather than fighting each other all the time."
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson was the Libertarian Party candidate in 2016. He got 4.489 million votes.
