ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) *EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A MORE COMPLETE VERSION OF EARLIER EDIT 3451-USA-TRUMP/MCKEAN ROUGH CUT, WHERE REPRESENTATIVE ANDY MCKEAN EXPLAINS HIS REASONING TO LEAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MORE DETAIL** Iowa's longest-serving Republican lawmaker says he is leaving the party and becoming a Democrat because of President Trump's policies.

Representative Andy McKean says he made the decision after spending almost three decades in the Iowa statehouse as a Republican because Trump "sets, in my opinion, a poor example for the nation and particularly for our children, by personally insulting often in a crude and juvenile fashion, those who disagree with him." McKean also citing bullying and offensive language.