The Federalist By: Joy Pullmann
The corporate press has consistently depicted the Indiana Senate’s Thursday vote against creating more pro-Republican congressional maps as a sign of “loyalty” or “betrayal” of President Trump. But the reality is a lot more complicated, and it has a lot to say about the current distraction and incompetence of the Republican Party.
“Indiana lawmakers defy Trump’s redistricting push,” headlined The New York Times.
“Indiana Republicans defy Trump,” headlined the Associated Press.
Politico described the Thursday vote as “Indiana GOP’s Trump rebuke.”
To be sure, there’s definitely an anti-Trump factor to the fact that 21 of 40 Republican state senators — a majority! — voted against redistricting. Former Gov. Mitch Daniels, who with his donors remains quite influential in the state Republican Party, very publicly opposed the plan…
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