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Iowa GOP lawmaker dumps party to protest Trump
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 07, 2016 04:18pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | William Petroski |
| Media | Newspaper - Des Moines Register |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 7, 2016 09:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State Sen. David Johnson, one of the senior members of the Iowa Senate, said Tuesday he has suspended his Republican Party membership to protest "the racist remarks and judicial jihad" by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Johnson, 65, a resident of Ocheyedan in northwest Iowa who has served 18 years in the Iowa Legislature, said he changed his voter registration from Republican to "no party" on Tuesday. He told The Des Moines Register he has not decided yet whether he will quit caucusing with Republicans in the Iowa Senate.
"I will not stand silent if the party of Lincoln and the end of slavery buckles under the racial bias of a bigot," Johnson said, referring to Trump. His criticism was prompted by Trump's comments that a judge presiding over a lawsuit involving his business was biased because of his Mexican heritage. |
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