Aka did Pence have anything to do with this?

Either way, quite funny. I wonder if they will lose their funding like Trump threatened to do.

would have spread out Republican voters really thin making them extra vulnerable to a huge blue wave election. That was part of it I think.

tRUMP's painted himself into a corner.

trump better think long and hard before taking away all funding for Indiana. Hoosiers may lean Republican, but they've been known to vote for Democrats if they're pissed at repubs.

I tell myself that with some frequency.

The Republicans have already been with holding all kinds of money and assistance that was designated for Colorado, and other BLUE states also, and is making life miserable for us Colorado citizens......The Rural Colorado, and Colorado Springs voters that voted for him are already learning the effects of having voted for Trump and other Republicans.........The Republicans are already throwing them under the bus, along with us, once the RepubliCONs won the election........

My message to everyone of those REPUBLICAN MAGA Voters that are NOW also getting screwed over royal and complaining...

YOU GREW IT,..... YOU CHEW IT,........ MUNCH....MUNCH....MUNCH....

I mean, they did it even in the face of serious
threats by Trump to cut off all financing to the
state.

That's pretty impressive.

Eff you Mangy

More likely they realized that some of them would actually be putting themselves at risk.

Redistricting makes them vulnerable to a Blue Wave election, which is a possibility now.

Imagine Republicans standing up to Trump, when the law firms and universities would
not. I predict his threats are hollow too, further weakening him.

And its ingrained into every repuke Hoosier to not let the Fed push you around. They hate the Fed Govt here more than they may not like liberals lol.

FatAss threw him a lifeline because he was done here. This state non gerrymandered is probably 45/55 blue/red. The state legislature knows this all to well.

so allow me to add some perspective. There was a strong upswell of opposition from Indiana citizens of all political stripes, and to their credit 31 of the Senators listened to their voters and acted accordingly. Democrats were especially organized and vocal in spearheading the opposition, but part of the opposition came from rural voters in the hinterlands who feared that a map that carved up Indianapolis would lump them in with big-city voters and dilute their voices. They especially feared the rich monied Republicans of Indy ignoring their concerns.

There is a very strong sentiment against Indianapolis in the General Assembly, as evidenced by its history of passing legislation that disadvantages the city to the benefit of other parts of the state. Of course, that's terribly shortsighted, given that Indianapolis is far and above the most important economic engine in the state.

One final note: The state is already gerrymandered, with Republicans holding 73 percent of the seats in the General Assembly and 80 percent of the Congressional delegation despite only receiving, on average, about 55 percent of the vote statewide. So, a fair map, which our Trump lackey governor Mike Braun claimed this rejected monstrosity would be, would mean Republicans would not have a supermajority in the General Assembly and the Congressional delegation would be 5-4 in favor of Republicans. But, of course, fairness is not the aim of Trump and his sycophants.

Rec

I always appreciate getting the "boots on the ground" reports

I heard a pundit talking the other night about unintended consequences with spreading out the GOP voters too thin. Sounds like you guys were all over it.

And Welcome to DU

But it's awesome that they stood their ground. Hopefully they don't back down.

referring to this as a "major rebuke to Trump". He is just growing weaker and weaker and is starting to lose his grip, even on the base. Now we just need the WH press corps to start growing a spine.

Abusive rage inbound

incoherent.

Well done Indiana.

A ray of sunshine.

very involved in the Indiana redistricting. Yeah, sure, trumpie. He also said it's only a couple of seats. CNN also reported that Don Jr. threatened to campaign personally against any Rs who voted against it. Guess that didn't faze them.

to ;cut off all funding to the state. Part of me hopes Fatso is stupid enough to follow through with it, I imagine articles of impeachment will be filed immediately and they might have a chance of sticking, since Indiana is one of the reddest states in the country and Republicans will be the ones trying to oust him.

I just bought popcorn today, irst time in a couple of years.

the ground with a thud these days.

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This is one of those very rare instances.

Of course, the senator from where I’m at voted yes. Ugh.