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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndiana MAGA Republicans Threaten Their Colleagues to Bow to Trump's Gerrymandering Pressure
Indiana Senate Republicans, as of this week, have said they do not have the votes needed to approve a revised congressional district map. The White House has been attempting to force Republican-controlled state legislatures around the country to create new congressional maps that favor Republicans to help ensure Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House in the upcoming midterm elections. It is typical practice for redistricting to take place once a decade after the Census has been taken not mid-decade as a way to predetermine a midterm election.
So far, several states, including Texas, Missouri, and, most recently, North Carolina have succumbed to pressure from the Trump administration and approved revised congressional maps that are expected to flip seats currently held by Democrats for Republicans. The new maps approved in Texas will likely flip as many as five seats.
But Trump loyalists are now taking on the redistricting pressure campaign for Trump in Indiana and bullying their Republican colleagues into approving a new map, despite the lack of support in the state Senate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/indiana-maga-republicans-threaten-colleagues-181239901.html
Lovie777
(23,730 posts)believe the polls or not, GQP sucks.....................
1929.
Skittles
(172,852 posts)tells us all we need to know about their "popularity"
pwb
(12,802 posts)It matters not where they are placed on a map. Pukes are fucked and they know it.
IMO.
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)To their benefit. Goalposts moved that much, even a ny giants kicker will have success.
johnnyfins
(3,986 posts)as republicans. They are MAGAS. From the MAGA party.
LuvLoogie
(8,909 posts)And, yes, Republicans.
MaineBlueBear
(457 posts)is a tacit admission that their policies suck.
tanyev
(49,679 posts)rather than succumbed to pressure. Dont know enough about North Carolina.
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