Colorado Republican turns Democrat over ‘existential threat’ from GOP

In letter announcing defection, state senator Kevin Priola cites political and environmental threat from his erstwhile party

Announcing his switch to the Democrats, a Colorado state senator said Republican attacks on democracy were not the only existential threat" posed by his former party.

I have become increasingly worried about our planet and the climate crisis we are facing," Kevin Priola said, in a letter posted to social media on Monday.