"So with that said, the Indiana GOP does deserve some credit for displaying an unusual sense of backbone in their dealings with Trump this week, when they told him to cram the racial gerrymander he demanded up his ass. Despite powerful majority control over the state legislature, Republican state senators in Indiana rejected Trump's demands yesterday in a stinging rebuke of the president's control over state politics."
"That said, it was only because of Trump's prevailing influence that a vote on the mid-decade redistricting effort cleared the Indiana House of Representatives and ended up at the Senate in the first place. Lawmakers in the Hoosier State were seemingly loath to break with the decorum and established constitutional practice of redistricting once per decade, and it took hectoring from the president and his wide-ranging network of influencers and stooges-including Indiana's own governor, Mike Braun-to bring the gerrymandering scheme to this point."
Indiana is described as a Midwestern 'flyover' state associated with auto racing, Parks and Recreation, and political figures like Mike Pence. The state shifted from purple to deep red over two decades, with Donald Trump prevailing by 19 points in the 2024 presidential election. Republican state senators in Indiana rejected Trump's demand for a mid-decade racial gerrymander, an act portrayed as an unusual assertion of backbone within the state GOP. A mid-decade redistricting vote cleared the Indiana House due to pressure from Trump, the governor, and a network of influencers, despite norms favoring decennial redistricting.
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