A veteran Republican state representative is calling it quits, and it's all President Donald Trump's fault. Ed Clere, who has served in Indiana's House of Representatives for 18 years, told News and Tribune on Friday that he would not seek reelection, saying that the political environment in the state's General Assembly has become "dysfunctional and toxic." "There are many good Republicans, but the Republican Party has lost its way, and I can no longer be a part of it," Clere, 51, told the southern Indiana newspaper. I've always tried to voice and vote my conscience, and at times it has put me at odds with other Republicans at the Statehouse," Clere told News and Tribune. "I think the redistricting debacle last year is an example of toxic Washington politics making their way into Indiana."