US EditionIndiana Senator Opposes GOP Redistricting Over Trump Disability Slur
Indiana GOP Sen. Mike Bohacek opposes redistricting after Trump’s use of an ableist slur, citing personal reasons and urging Trump to prove his policies deserve a congressional majority.
- On November 28, 2025, Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek announced on Facebook he will vote NO on mid-decade redistricting, citing his daughter with Down syndrome and condemning President Trump's language.
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Nov. 27 that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the 'r-word' in a late Thanksgiving tirade targeting Somali refugees and Rep. Ilhan Omar.
- Michael Bohacek said he has long advocated for people with intellectual disabilities since his second daughter's birth, noting his daughter has Down syndrome and warning on Facebook that 'words have consequences.'
- With the Indiana House scheduled to convene Dec. 1 and the Indiana Senate to vote Dec. 8, Bohacek's opposition could delay redistricting efforts, as Bray previously said they lacked the votes.
- Amid a broader push to redraw maps for the 2026 midterms, President Donald Trump has urged GOP-led states to redraw districts and pledged to endorse challengers against Indiana Republicans opposing his maps, while observers warn his conduct may hand Democrats a majority next year.
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Resurgence of a slur: Local parents, intellectual disability advocates condemn Trump’s use of the ‘R-word’
The sight of the slur shocked and alarmed the mother of a young boy with special needs. Kimberly Steffes of Joliet never imagined a sitting president would use the “R-word,” a derogatory term long reviled by the intellectual disability community and its advocates. Yet in a Thanksgiving message on Truth Social, President Donald Trump lobbed the anachronistic insult at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, calling the former Democratic nominee for vice presi…
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Indiana GOP state senator says he will vote no on redistricting push after Trump used slur
Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek said that he wouldn’t support an effort to redraw congressional district lines that favor Republicans after Trump used a slur for intellectually disabled people.
GOP state senator balks at redistricting after Trump again uses the r-word
On Thursday, President Donald Trump once again found it acceptable to use the r-word, directing it towards Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in a Truth Social post which also attacked Somali immigrants in the state. “The seriously [r-tarded] Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump posted. For Republican Indiana State Senator Michael Bohacek, Trump’s most recent use of this anti-disability slur…
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