Indiana MAGA Republicans Threaten Their Colleagues to Bow to Trump's Gerrymandering Pressure

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Although there are currently not enough Indiana Republicans on board with the Trump administration’s midcycle redistricting pressure campaign to move forward with the redrawn maps, those who support President Trump’s midterms scheme are now bullying their colleagues to get in line.

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