But in the end, the vote wasn’t even close: 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining all 10 Democrats in opposition. In fact, more GOP Hoosiers voted against the measure than for it.
Jesus the quotes in this article are a real bleak loom into how fucked we are as a country:
“Some will say these maps are political. Let me be clear,” Sen. Chris Garten ®, another backer, said as he slapped the lectern. “You’re God damn right they are!”
and also:
“President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state,” Heritage Action wrote on X. “Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame.”
They’re explicitly saying it’s for political reasons because the supreme Court said gerrymandering for political reasons is just fine.
I love how it papers over the fact the Republicans in Congress have abdicated all duty and made their own leader a king.
Also, I would hazard that heritage action is some bullshit foreign account? Maybe Nigeria?
Did they remove that feature that told everyone most MAGA mouthpieces were foreign actors?
It ain’t over until the obese treasonous traitor lying coward rapist convicted felon sings.
The proposed map would have targeted Indiana’s two Democratic U.S. representatives to hand all 9 seats to the GOP. Around 45% of Indiana’s party-affiliated voters are Democrats.
So 45% of the constituents, 22% of the representatives.
Sounds to me like they approved a GOP-gerrymandered map.
They’ve been in control of the state for over 20 years, so yes. They carved out 2 tiny circles around 2 deep blue areas, and made the other districts much larger in comparison and diluted the blue votes there. I think Mitc Daniels was the last GOP governor (2005-2014) that wasn’t a total POS and he was still fairly regressive.
Huh, usually Trump’s the one doing the blowing.
“When will I get credit for having created, with No Inflation, perhaps the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country?” Trump wrote, with characteristic hyperbole, in a post on his Truth Social network.
He’s obviously delusional and probably referring to the situation he inherited, and then immediately started to break when he took office…
Hyperbole. Yeah, that’s what that was. Totally. Just some overexaggeration for dramatic effect.
No matter how you look at it, this is a headline that contain the words “Trump” and “blow” in the same sentence.
Nice little bonus that it happens to be a situation where cheeto mcpedo doesn’t get his way.
“Cheeto McPedo”
Brilliant, I’m definitely copying it
I don’t think anyone expected this, which is what makes it all the more sweet and delicious.
The Schadenfreude is as tasty as a fine Bordeaux.
I fucking love a good Bordeaux
Hopefully the buck stops here because the SCOTUS have already ruled the opposite in past examples.
Go insult a reporter, Piggy. It always makes you feel better.
