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Good for these two legislatures who held town halls, listened to their constituents, and voted for the will of the people they represent.
Hear, hear !
Agreed, surprised they found their backbone.
Braun is an embarrassment…. Indiana has become a joke because of him….
No, Michael, Indiana has become an embarrassment because of our Bible-thumping legislature.
Trump is an absolute embarrassment and Hoosiers see through the bluster.
One can hope that is true. We shall see in the next elections.
Republicans drew the maps in 2021 and the were good enough then. But not 4 years later when they see that their power will dissolve in the 2026 midterms. They know their days are numbered.
Highly doubtful.
Republicans drew the maps in 2021 and the were good enough then. But not 4 years later when they see that their power will dissolve in the 2026 midterms. They know their days are numbered.
Republicans drew the maps in 2021 and the were good enough then. But not 4 years later when they see that their power will dissolve in the 2026 midterms. They know their days are numbered.
Why is there 4 repeat comments with no author name ??
Republicans drew the maps in 2021 and the were good enough then. But not 4 years later when they see that their power will dissolve in the 2026 midterms. They know their days are numbered.
Republicans drew the maps in 2021 and the were good enough then. But not 4 years later when they see that their power will dissolve in the 2026 midterms. They know their days are numbered.
Republicans drew the maps in 2021 and the were good enough then. But not 4 years later when they see that their power will dissolve in the 2026 midterms. They know their days are numbered.
Let me help with your headline: Trump cries like a child that has never been told no, when Indiana Legislators choose to respect the consensus of Hoosier voters. Better.
Consensus?! What consensus? The paid activists shouted it down with the media’s help. Meanwhile, the same “non-profits” and activists that lobbied against it in Indiana were AWOL when the Democrat-controlled Illinois state legislature scientifically gerrymandered that state to minimize GOP representation.
Steven – I take it you saw none of the town halls these legislatures held?
Becoming a minority while screaming they’re paid crisis actors is pretty strong cognitive dissonance!
Steve, what is your hang-up with Illinois? True, both sides gerrymander including Illinois but actually eight of the top 10 most gerrymandered states are Republican based on voter data vs representation (unless you’ve been brainwashed into believing otherwise). Simply speak the truth . . . enough isn’t enough for Trump and his minions.
Republicans have to blabber on about Illinois to disguise their motivations from people who don’t pay any attention to such things.
Democrats tried to ban congressional gerrymandering. Republicans blocked the effort. End of story.
Cry more, Steven. Your position sucks and is unpopular. Get over it.
Unpopular with whom? The paid agitators who had the time to show up at the legislature, while 98% of Indiana voters were trying to earn living, honestly.
Hey Steven, there are these things called “phones” and “email” often used by those of us who work for a living.
I contacted Sen. Bray that way to let him know I was opposed to redistricting.
Wow, it’s almost like calling and emailing are things. Congrats, Steven. You managed to screw up playing the fake-victim.
Nobody wants this. You lose. Go sit down.
Steve, that is a Trump response when voters actually voice their opinion, “paid acttors”. And just like Trump you are making acusations with absolutely no proof to back your statements. Were you there? DId you interview the participants to see if they were paid? What proof do you have other than you disagree with them, in which case just say you disagree and move on.
Hate to admit but I laughed out loud at Trump berating Braun. How embarrassing for Braun to be bullied by the orange king after bending over backward to suck up to him 🤣
Exactly
@Steven…..as in we are a 60/40 Republican to Democrat split in Indiana but with 80/20 representation you mean? I could go on about the rest of the red states that are gerrymandered so stop pretending it’s a democrat thing. The fact is NO-ONE should be altering their maps right now just because Trump is such baby.
Republicans really should make up their minds. I was told they had majority support for all the polices they’re implementing and everything they’re doing and it’s all loved by the American people. Why the need to jam in a redistricting when the exact same maps delivered them a unified government less than a year ago?
Even if Dems make up 40% of Indiana voters, which I think is high, they have nothing close to a majority anywhere in the state other than the heavily unionized far northwest as well as Marion and Monroe Cos. Illinois, in contrast, is mostly red outside Chicagoland and East St. Louis, yet the corrupt Chicago machine has gerrymandered Illinois to the point that numerous areas of large red majorities are disenfranchised. Regardless, since you apparently don’t have a problem with gerrymandering, why complain when Indiana considers joining in to return the favor?
So Steven, by your own calculation Democrats are entitled to the Congressional seats in NW IN and Marion County…which are the two they hold now.
The people who live there are Hoosiers too.
Also, Steven, “Chicagoland” has nearly 70% of Illinois’ voters and downstate is very sparsely populated in comparison. Way different than Indiana where the largest metro (Indy) is less than 1/3 of the state’s population.
Steven – I do have a problem with gerrymandering which is why I said no-one should be doing it. Did you miss that bit?….
6 New England states… 40% Republican voters… 0 Republican representatives.
Steven, one bad action begets another. Nobody was considering redistricting until Trump initiated it to try and fix the midterm elections. Republicans already own 8 of the top 10 gerrymandered states. All states should have non-partisan, independent districting commissions. I believe a majority of democrats would agree with that as being the fair and democratic thing to do. What about Republicans LOL? Their biggest fear is that things are decided fairly and democratically. Case in point, five states have been forced by US courts (which Republicans seem to no longer believe in) to redraw their legislative maps recently -Wisconsin, Utah, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Alabama. What did they all have in common, those maps were all drawn by Republican-led legislatures.
An adult would not have thrown a temper tantrum.
+1
It’s been obvious for about 8 years now that Maggot voters don’t vote for adults
Disagree anything to get rid of Carson now that’s the embarrassment.
Agreed!!
Republicans draw the maps to keep Carson around and have for the last two times they drew the maps. They could easily eliminate him but they’d rather not risk things with the Indianapolis area being more purple.
Maybe Republicans should put up better candidates with policy proposals that don’t suck. Have they ever considered that?
Trump threw ketchup on the wall and phoned Bubba
And then walked through a glass door
There used to be a slogan Don’t Mess with Texas ! Now it reads Texas is a Mess after dear leader TRUMP’s ‘ demand was weakly complied with by Texas’s TRUMP MAGA CULT !
Hoosiers do not want to follow Texas down TRUMP’s rabbit hole into his LA LA land TRUMP kingdom .
The contrived super majority in Indiana’s legislature does not exist in Indiana’s general population .
Senators Rod Bray and Greg Goode and other Indiana legislators who listened to the voices of their constituents are the real Republicans and the real Hoosiers. Would be emperors Donald Trump, who voted in at least one Democratic primary, and Mike Braun, who voted in the Democratic primaries in 1992, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006 and 2008, have learned that threats and bullying are no match for legislators who take their obligations to those who elected them seriously. Democracy has won; – Trump and Braun, who sought to impose their will, have lost. Don Knebel, President, ReCenter Indiana, Inc.
It is clear from Trump’s NoTruth Social rant that he considers Mike Braun as his lapdog. Braun does not dispute the characterization. What a weasel we have as governor.
“Big Crybaby Throws Big Tantrum.”
Nobody is surprised that the Toddler in Chief is mad that people won’t cheat for him.
+1
The congressional maps as currently drawn are more than fair – MORE than fair – for the constituents in the State of Indiana. It is not our concern as to how other States draw their maps.
More than fair for Republicans, you mean — for Republicans, winning 58% of the total votes translates into 78% of the Indiana House seats. The same kind of math holds true in other Republican-controlled states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, where a vote total that is just a little bit beyond a majority delivers two-thirds to three-quarters of the House seats. There are 23 states that, like Indiana, have a fully Republican-controlled government, and almost all tend to be strongly gerrymandered to favor Republicans. Only 15 states have fully Democratic-controlled governments, and many of those have turned their district-drawing process over to nonpartisan commissions, which most Democrats favor. Illinois is pretty egregiously gerrymandered in favor of Democrats, but very few other states are — severe gerrymandering is a mostly Republican thing, and Trump desperately wants to make it even worse, including in Indiana, where it already is pretty lopsided in favor of Republicans. All that said, you are absolutely right… how other states draw their maps should not dictate how Indiana does. The only thing that should matter here is fairness. If we are going to change from the current badly gerrymandered Indiana map, it should be to make it less gerrymandered, not more.
I’m a huge Trump supporter, but I’m glad the leaders of our General Assembly decided to pass on this. As for Braun, never have been a fan. He’s an egotistical boob.
A “huge Trump supporter” calling someone else an egotistical boob, is the most hilarious thing I will read today
Trump might be better off to get his own house in order, he is using this as a distraction from high prices (which he denies), failoure to get “deals” through tariff wars, starting a war in Central America and oh, let us not forget the Epstein files which he pledged to release and now if fighting to stop the release even though he is “inocent” of any wrong doing. He and his administration are all a joke and an embarrassment to this country.
+1
Hear, hear !
Absolutely!
Trump has enough problems in Washington that he cannot sem to handle. He needs to stay out of state politics. I commend the Indiana legislators who listended to the electorate rather than play politics. All need to note who they serve and act accordingly.
This is a citized legislature and we need to represent our citizens not some national politicos whims.
Hooray for Rodric Bray and those who stand with him. To hell with MB and DT!
Amen!
Looks like IN is home to a few Republican leaders, past and present, who understand the Constitution and the will of the people. Kudos for their courage to do their jobs faithful to the principles of democracy and equal representation.
I don’t give them that much credit. Several of these “brave” senators are up for re-election next year but there’s no national or governor election in 2026 – so no DJT coattails. They know many voters don’t pay attention until there’s a national election. However, those paying attention and calling this year are likely to vote next year.
The Flock of Trolls has spoken again. Same names and same shallow games.
Time to dump Trump, good stand Hoosier Republicans….Hoosiers first.
I want to join many above in thanking the state Senators who stood up for their constituents rather than take orders from Trump. At last, a little bit of what I need as a Republican to feel slightly less embarrassed for my party.,
In the words of Chandler Bing “could Mike Braun be any more of a patsy?”….