Posted on 04/23/2019 12:24:54 PM PDT by central_va
owa state Rep. Andy McKean announced Tuesday he is leaving the Republican Party and becoming a Democrat due to his misgivings over President Trump.
“With the 2020 presidential election looming on the horizon, I feel, as a Republican, that I need to be able to support the standard bearer of our party. Unfortunately, that’s something I’m unable to do,” McKean said at a press conference in Des Moines.
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“I think the party has veered very sharply to the right,” McKean said. “That concerns me.”
While Republicans will still control a majority of 53 seats in the 100-member House, that’s down from a 59-seat majority
“We gladly welcome Andy McKean to the Democratic Party,” the state party said in a statement. “His decision to put people over politics shows his commitment to our state.”
Jeff Kaufmann, the chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, cast McKean’s move as a betrayal of the voters.
Self-serving jerk.
He’ll make a good Democrat.
Is McKean a supporter of Robert O’Rourke?
Well, at least he is doing really important Trump-like things like expanding Iowa’s bottle deposit law /s https://www.desmoinesregister.com/media/cinematic/video/109937196/rep-andy-mckean-discusses-bill-to-expand-iowas-bottle-deposit-law/
One has to question his sanity! Seriously!
Democrat Party is the party of Planned Parenthood death!
Democrat Party is comprised of noxious, venomous, LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist/Communist anti-Americans!
McKean shows his true colors - my guess is that he has been a RINO throughout his “career!”
Was he going to face a primary challenge from the GOP?
Maybe he was promised no primary challenge by the Dems and he would be retiring in a term or two? 40 years is a long time to be leeching from the taxpayers. Isn’t that long enough?
what’s your goal in posting something like this? some irrelevant guy no one has ever heard of says something that no one will ever remember.
looks like sh*t disturbing to me.
Weed out the scum one at a time.
An old, white moderate in the Democrat party. He’ll be lucky if he isn’t literally killed, cooked, and eaten.
He might as well resign now.
His voice makes him sound like he might favor the queen from South Bend Over.
Well, bye.
Good. There are way too many pussies in the GOP as it is.
Define standard bearer? cause its never discussed in my circles.
“I think the party has veered very sharply to the right,” McKean said.
Yeah, uh, that's commonly known as conservatism...a usual hallmark of Republicans...sitting on the right, right side politics...you know, as opposed to the left.
What a dumbass...we don't need his dumbass anyway.
Good riddance.
good bye drama queen and go suck up with the rest of the fags at the Dummycrap party..
Romney and GOPe key words: “principles” “standard bearer” “not who we are”
A latent Democrat, eh? I wonder what other latent qualities will be ‘coming out’ soon...
Yet another life-long parasite on the taxpayers. These bums should either self-exile or suicide.
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