Iowa's Longest-Serving Republican Switches to Democrats, Citing Trump's 'Erratic' Policies, 'Reckless Spending'
The longest-serving GOP member of the Iowa Legislature, Andy McKean,  announced he's switching to the Democratic Party, citing President  Donald Trump's "reckless spending" and his setting a "poor example for  our nation and particularly for our children." 
Representative  McKean was first elected to the Legislature in 1978 and served 10 total  terms in the House and Senate before successfully running again last  November. On Tuesday, he announced to the Iowa House of Representatives  his change in party registration. McKean wrote a letter  blasting partisan politics in the state and the nation before making a  direct rebuke of an "erratic" Trump and his supporters. 
McKean  criticized Trump for "unprecedented divisiveness" in American  politics and said America will soon "pay a heavy price" for electing  him.
"While my emphasis was on bipartisan undertakings, I was  comfortable with my party's priorities and felt at home in the  Republican caucus," McKean wrote in this party registration  announcement, which detailed his decades in the Legislature. "Upon  returning to Des Moines after a 15-year hiatus, I found a very different  place."
The District 58 representative, who won the support of  nearly 70 percent of voters in last November's election, continued: “I  might have limped along attempting to work within my caucus for what I  felt was best for the people I represent if it hadn’t been for another  factor. I believe that is just a matter of time before our country pays a  heavy price for President Trump’s reckless spending and short-sighted  financial policies, his erratic, destabilizing foreign policy, and his  disregard for environmental concerns."  
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