Trump’s Gerrymandering Push In Indiana Continues to Fall Apart

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Originally published at: Trump’s Gerrymandering Push In Indiana Continues to Fall Apart - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Standing up to pressure from the Trump administration to approve new mid-cycle congressional maps, several Republicans in the Indiana state Senate voted on Tuesday to adjourn until 2026, instead of convening in December for a special session on redistricting as previously expected. It’s the latest in a series of significant setbacks in red states across…

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Another day, another embarrassing story about my home state. You know Drumpf’s coalition is collapsing when the idiot Braun is calling very Republican Indiana politicians RINO’s. And what is it about folks like Braun and Drumpf always crowing about their vote counts as though that makes them always right and all powerful?

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This is al fabulous news. Perhaps that 7+million No Kings day stirred some backbone. That and the Epstein affair as well as the economy.

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As in ‘ We got 51 percent of the vote for President, therefore we get 100% of the Representatives ‘?

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And while Indiana is failing, and Texas is blocked by courts ruling that their redistricting was clearly race-based, California has done it right, at least by the “rules” of the corrupt SC.

But additionally, in order to redraw these districts, they have to thin their own voters in heavily red districts. This could bite them in a wave election. It would be delicious if TMF’s attempts to stack the House with Fascists, turns into a solid Blue majority.

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Never thought it would be Indiana Republicans that would draw a line, but here we are!

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I seriously wonder if Prtizker had anything to do with this after he stated, last week, that Illinois wouldn’t redistrict if Indiana didn’t …

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Normally I would agree. Unfortunately we are dealing with the Calvinball 6.

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I don’t claim any great insight into politics. Watching the accelerating cascade of failures of the president, his administration and the republican party over the last few months, this may be another proof point of the ubiquitous phrasing “He was very powerful, until he wasn’t.”

He’ll still cause a lot of lasting damage, unfortunately, but I’m hoping for paralyzing lame-duckism to take hold of him and his party.

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