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 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - While wrapping up his victory speech in a win during the primary election, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan's 3rd District called former Rep. Pete Hoesktra of Holland a 'disgrace' and added that his primary challenger, Brian Ellis, ran a smear campaign. 
 
 "(Ellis) owes my family an apology, a public apology for what he said during the campaign," said Rep. Amash. 
 
 Amash said specific negative ads that claim he is pro-choice were "complete lies" and said it affected his family, who have been "fighting for pro-life causes for more than a decade." 
 
 He also took exception to the ads that refer to Amash as "Al-Qaeda's best-friend." 
 
 "I'm an Arab-American, and he has the audacity to say I'm Al-Queda's best friend in congress. That's pretty disgusting." 
 
 Amash said that Ellis was hand-picked to run against him in this campaign because of the money he could spend. "That is what is wrong with Washington," he said. "That is why this is a big win tonight." 
 
 Amash refused to take the concession phone call from Ellis. He said he was even offended that he tried to contact him after running such a campaign. 
 
 Please enable Javascript to watch this video ||||| Politicians who win campaigns, no matter how dirty, will almost always kiss and make up with their political opponents in their election-night speeches. 
 
 Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), of course, is not your average politician. 
 
 After defeating a Chamber of Commerce-backed candidate in his primary by 14 percentage points on Tuesday, the Ron Paul ally set about settling a few scores. 
 
 Former congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), who backed challenger Brian Ellis? "You are a disgrace. And I'm glad we could hand you one more loss before you fade into total obscurity and irrelevance." (Hoekstra lost the state's 2012 Senate race -- and in the 2010 gubernatorial primary.) 
 
 Ellis? "You owe my family and this community an apology for your disgusting, despicable smear campaign. You had the audacity to try and call me today after running a campaign that was called the nastiest in the country. I ran for office to stop people like you." 
 
 Ellis in one ad referred to a quote from Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who labeled Amash "Al Qaeda's best friend in Congress." 
 
 In a later TV interview, Amash said: "I’m an Arab-American, and he has the audacity to say I’m al-Qaeda’s best friend in Congress? That’s pretty disgusting." 
 
 
 
 Here's the video of Amash's speech, courtesy of WXMI-TV. The operative part starts about halfway in. 
 
 Lowery reported from Michigan.
– If you weren't paying attention to last night's primary contests, you missed one of the more memorable victory speeches in a while. It came from Republican Justin Amash, a libertarian-leaning politician who defeated challenger Brian Ellis in Michigan's 3rd District. Candidates generally "kiss and make up" with their foes after even the nastiest of campaigns, notes the Washington Post, but Amash was having none of that. He even refused to take Ellis' concession call. Highlights: To Ellis: "You owe my family and this community an apology for your disgusting, despicable smear campaign. You had the audacity to try and call me today after running a campaign that was called the nastiest in the country. I ran for office to stop people like you." To former Rep. Peter Hoekstra, an Ellis backer: "You are a disgrace. And I'm glad we could hand you one more loss before you fade into total obscurity and irrelevance." Amash also mentioned a TV spot ran by the Ellis campaign that called Amash "al-Qaeda's best friend in Congress," reports Fox 17. “I’m an Arab-American, and he has the audacity to say I’m Al-Queda’s best friend in Congress. That’s pretty disgusting.” (Amash made headlines last year when he drew bipartisan support in a bid to rein in the NSA.)