The Hill…
The Indiana Senate failed to pass a new GOP-favored House map on Thursday, dealing a major blow to President Trump after he had publicly pressured state lawmakers to approve the new lines.
The upper chamber voted against the map on a 19-31 vote, drawing applause from some within the chamber. Its rejection of the aggressive 9-0 House map leaves the Hoosier State’s redistricting effort in limbo. The result was not entirely unexpected, as a number of Indiana senators had been openly skeptical about redrawing the map.
But that skepticism became increasingly apparent during the Senate’s session, which at times grew tense and charged.
“Make no mistake, I, like many of those who will join me in voting no today, are constitutional fiscal and religious conservatives. What that means to me is that I believe in conserving the values, the culture and the institutions that created American exceptionalism,” said Indiana state Sen. Spencer Deery (R), who voted against the map.
“My point is that my opposition to mid-cycle gerrymandering is not in contrast with my conservative principles,” he said, after rattling off his conservative credentials. “My opposition is driven by them.”…
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Their defiance despite Trump’s pressure campaign threatens to mire the party in a civil war heading into the midterms, as the president has vowed to primary any Indiana Republicans who didn’t vote for the map. Trump’s allies immediately slammed the vote, saying they would follow through on that threat to challenge GOP holdouts….
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It KEEP’S adding up…..
As Donald Trump’s support keep’s dryng up around the edges …
Republicans keep taking the hits….
US House IS slipping away from them Republicans….
Redisticting ain’t gonna save them….
Stunning! Hopefully Missouri Republicans take note and scrap their plans to gerrymander the KC district.
More slippage….