Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
Iowa state Sen. David Johnson (R) told the Des Moines Register that he has suspended his Republican Party membership to protest “the racist remarks and judicial jihad” by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Said Johnson: “I will not stand silent if the party of Lincoln and the end of slavery buckles under the racial bias of a bigot.”
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