State senator goes from GOP to No Party. From Steve King District no less!!

[IADEMO2004]

http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/iowa-senator-suspends-his-republican-membership-over-trump-remarks/article_c7795d83-d60e-5745-8c64-19409d830571.html

Sen. David Johnson, 65, R-Ocheyedan, said he changed his voter registration from Republican to no party on Iowa's primary election day Tuesday, although he added his independent status could be temporary depending on how the 2016 campaign unfolds.

"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 in a statement that he indicated was a reference to Trump.

[progressoid]

1. Ha ha ha.

But I have to wonder about the racism excuse. Because it's not like the party of Lincoln has been exactly inviting to non-whites in recent history.

[47of74]

2. I'm wondering

Is he up for election this year and if so have any Democrats declared against him?

[rurallib]

3. Looks like this is his off year

But his is the #3 'conservative' district in Iowa. My bet is he is so popular up there he wouldn't need a party to run.

By 2018 Trump will be a bad memory and Johnson will be back as a pug.
You may remember his little splash in the news @ this time last year when he told a teacher that was complaining about Branstad's line item veto of school funding to "quit whining."

[47of74]

6. Well the splash didn't make it over here

Especially with the Teaparty Herald and the other various media outlets around - that's the first I heard of that.

[rurallib]

8. surprising - it was a Waterloo school teacher

am going to PM you

[rurallib]

4. The racism probably isn't the problem. It's saying out in the open

where actual reporters can hear it.

[progressoid]

5. That makes sense.

And as you said above, after Trump is a memory, they can go back to their old ways.

And bring back bitching about reverse racism in America.

[47of74]

7. Every time I hear of some Republican getting their hands slapped by other Republicans

Every time I hear of some Republican getting their hands slapped by other Republicans for something they put on Facebook, Twitter, or said something that made the news I think it's not so much that they did that, it's that they said it out loud. These things are usually things that they think all the time.