WRONG. Amash heritage is from Palestine. He supports Palestine which is HAMAS=MUSLIM . He supports, OMAR in congress. He is not Christian. You think Barak HUSSEIN obama, osama is Christian too? lol SO, YOU ARE, FROM M.E. AMASH after being called out for being a RINO...changed to being an "INDEPENDENT." He is a muslim. I would NEVER think, in ALWAYS terms or everyone. I don't believe you are Christian or American either. UNDERMINING OUR PRESiDENT WITH EVERY POST. HOW IS THAT CHRISTIAN OR PATRIOTIC? IT ISN'T. I get the feeing you are here to undermine our whole country.
But back home in Michigan, many people who know Amash say they're not surprised at all by his willingness to go against his own party — even if that decision costs him his seat in Congress.
"Five-year-old Justin Amash was a lot like 39-year-old Justin Amash is like," says Jordan Bush, who first met Amash when they were in kindergarten.
Bush says Amash is diligent and intentional. Someone who doesn't bend his principles.
Other longtime friends echo similar sentiments. In high school, Amash became known for always finishing his homework, even if it meant his friends had to wait to hang out. Amash eventually went on to become valedictorian.
Amash's parents are both immigrants. His mother is originally from Syria. His father, Attallah, came to the United States in 1956 as a Christian refugee from Palestine.
"Justin just always had a keen sense of what was at stake in terms of what governments do or don't do, how much they interfere, how much they limit themselves," says Jessica Bratt Carle, who got to know Amash in high school.
By the time Bratt Carle and Bush got to know the Amash family, they had built a successful family business, which they still own.
"I think a lot of that work ethic," Bush says, "largely comes from his father."
When Justin Amash got elected to Congress, Bush served in his district office. He says he saw the same person there that he did in kindergarten.
"Justin is the least surprising representative in Congress once you have an understanding of how he views his role," Bush says.
That role, according to Bush, is to uphold the Constitution and protect individual liberty.
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/15/732511971/who-is-justin-amash-and-why-is-he-willing-to-go-against-his-own-party