Last night, Republican voters in Indiana went to the polls and sent an unmistakable message: Donald Trump is still very much the king—and queen—maker in the Republican Party.
the chief justice has said repeatedly that his main concern is to preserve the reputation of the courts. it seems his other main concern is denying representation to anyone who doesn't look like him.
he can only have one of those. the story told here shows he long ago made his choice, and it's to confirm the reputation of the court as a bunch of hacks.
I worked as a clerk at the local election in southern Indiana. People showing up to vote was abysmal. I worked from 6am until 6pm and only about 94 people came to vote. I would be interested to hear what the percentage of population voting was for the entire state. I'm willing to bet that it was extremely low. People in Indiana are sick of Trump and most have decided to just stay home.
I hate to be “that guy” but is it more possible that the Republican voters in Indiana are that “dead ender” or that the primary voting process has been compromised?
Indiana primary turnout is always abysmal — second-to-last in the country in 2022, and counties reporting Tuesday came in around 12–14%.
The real story is what those voters decided. Seven Republican state senators faced primary challengers Trump personally endorsed. Their offense: last fall they voted against redrawing Indiana’s congressional map to eliminate the state’s two Democratic House seats. Trump promised revenge, his allies spent $8.3 million on normally invisible state senate races, and five of those incumbents lost.
The new caucus is the one that ran on doing exactly what the old one refused — redrawing the map. If they pull it off before November, André Carson’s seat in Indianapolis and Frank Mrvan’s in northwest Indiana could be drawn into shapes designed to make them unwinnable. Indiana’s delegation could go from 7-2 Republican to 9-0 without a single Democratic voter changing her mind.
the chief justice has said repeatedly that his main concern is to preserve the reputation of the courts. it seems his other main concern is denying representation to anyone who doesn't look like him.
he can only have one of those. the story told here shows he long ago made his choice, and it's to confirm the reputation of the court as a bunch of hacks.
John Roberts, should be impeached.
I worked as a clerk at the local election in southern Indiana. People showing up to vote was abysmal. I worked from 6am until 6pm and only about 94 people came to vote. I would be interested to hear what the percentage of population voting was for the entire state. I'm willing to bet that it was extremely low. People in Indiana are sick of Trump and most have decided to just stay home.
I hate to be “that guy” but is it more possible that the Republican voters in Indiana are that “dead ender” or that the primary voting process has been compromised?
Indiana primary turnout is always abysmal — second-to-last in the country in 2022, and counties reporting Tuesday came in around 12–14%.
The real story is what those voters decided. Seven Republican state senators faced primary challengers Trump personally endorsed. Their offense: last fall they voted against redrawing Indiana’s congressional map to eliminate the state’s two Democratic House seats. Trump promised revenge, his allies spent $8.3 million on normally invisible state senate races, and five of those incumbents lost.
The new caucus is the one that ran on doing exactly what the old one refused — redrawing the map. If they pull it off before November, André Carson’s seat in Indianapolis and Frank Mrvan’s in northwest Indiana could be drawn into shapes designed to make them unwinnable. Indiana’s delegation could go from 7-2 Republican to 9-0 without a single Democratic voter changing her mind.
My thinking exactly.