Rep. Justin Amash Justin AmashCentrist Democrats 'strongly considering' discharge petition on GOP PPP bill On The Trail: How Nancy Pelosi could improbably become president History is on Edward Snowden's side: Now it's time to give him a full pardon MORE (R-Mich.) said in an interview published Sunday that he's been "disenchanted" enough at times to consider leaving the House Freedom Caucus over the conservative group's unflinching support of President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE.

Amash expressed some reluctance to CNN about the extent to which his fellow Freedom Caucus members have backed Trump, even on areas where they previously lambasted former President Obama.

"From the time the president was elected, I was urging them to remain independent and to be willing to push back against the President where they thought he was wrong," Amash told the news outlet. "They've decided to stick with the president time and again, even where they disagree with him privately."

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He pointed to the caucus's opposition to Obama's executive orders to skirt Congress on certain policy matters, and said his colleagues have "delegitimized objections to the president" by backing Trump on similar measures.

"They are good, kind people," Amash told CNN. "I may have my disagreements with some of the current approach, but I'd still take them over pretty much anyone in Congress."

Amash has held firm to his libertarian views on executive power and foreign policy, bucking his party on a series of votes during the Trump administration. Amash last month co-sponsored a resolution to block Trump's national emergency declaration to secure funding for a border wall.

He said last week that he's not ruling out seeking the Libertarian nomination for the presidency in 2020, though he acknowledged it's "not on my radar right now."

"But I think that it is important that we have someone in there that is presenting a vision for America that is different from what these two parties are presenting," Amash said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Amash shared the CNN story with a line appearing to quote the singer Adele.