Three state senators who were defeated in Tuesday’s primary told NBC News they don’t feel differently about the redistricting vote that drew Trump’s ire.

Three state senators who were defeated in Tuesday’s primary told NBC News they don’t feel differently about the redistricting vote that drew Trump’s ire.

After a group of Indiana Republican legislators rejected their party’s redistricting plan last year, they faced public ridicule from Donald Trump and millions of dollars in negative attack ads, with several ultimately losing their jobs Tuesday.

But three of those state senators told NBC News on Wednesday that they have no second thoughts about the vote that put them in the spotlight and led to their defeats at the hands of Trump-backed challengers.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
    71·
    11 hours ago

    I hope one day we can return to even a semblance of the country I like to think we once had (or at least once liked to pretend that we had) where we can have different values, ideologies, and strategies between parties, but at the very least we can agree on fair representation, mutual respect, compromise, cooperation, and basic humanity. I doubt these men and I agree on much, but as a Hoosier I am grateful that they didnt let this state succumb to Trump’s attempt to make my vote count even less than it already does in my red district. They have my deep respect in this one regard at least for having good principles and the backbone to stand by them. Their replacement will probably be our loss.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
      11·
      8 hours ago

      Report from 2023 on the map they were defending that you say shows their "good principles (arc)

      The report declared Indiana’s maps a “clear partisan gerrymander” given the state’s Republican trifecta.

      “Fair maps advocates faced an uphill struggle to make their voices heard,” the report said. “The legislature ultimately drew and passed maps that focused primarily on maximizing the number of districts that Republicans would win.”

      It said lawmakers “erected structural barriers” that hindered public participation: few redistricting hearings, meetings during weekdays, on already-completed proposals.

      If you really want to get back there can be agreement on mutual respect and fair representation, fuck off with your bullshit fantasies. The Republican party hates you and me and anyone who tries to defy them and no amount of lying to yourself and everyone here is going to change that, it’s just going to give those bastards more opportunities to repress us.