Donald Trump exacted revenge on Indiana Republican legislators who foiled his redistricting push last year in the state, backing challengers who unseated five incumbents in Tuesday’s primaries, NBC News projects.
One other GOP state senator who faced a Trump-endorsed opponent was locked in a tight race, while another survived.
The double-digit defeats of the five incumbents, some of whom are veterans of the Indiana Legislature, underscore the influence Trump continues to wield over the Republican Party, even as his approval rating among Americans broadly sags amid rising gas prices and the Iran war.
I saw something just now about it, one of these races was 4k to 5k…
Very few people vote in Republican primaries. And going from incumbents to maga extremists could very likely cost them seats in the general.
It’ll depress republican turnout some what, but this is one of the few scenarios “anyone but trump” pays off.
People that would never vote but are just really pissed at Trump and their typical red state governments might actually turnout now. Just to spite trump.
trump gains almost nothing, because redistristicing was a dumb idea. The people who saved him from a significant negative consequence, were just fired because he can’t see that there was a possible negative consequence coming.
This is how most fascist governments fall, they insulate the leaders from reality and eventually the lie can’t hold up.