Trump Team Threatens Indiana Lawmakers with Primaries

Trump Allies Bully Indiana GOP With Primary Threats Amid Redistricting Pressure Campaign

A handful of Republican state lawmakers in Indiana have come out against the Trump administration’s redistricting pressure campaign since President Trump sent his VP and a handful of White House officials to the state earlier this month. It was seen as an attempt to strong-arm Republican officials there into redrawing their congressional district maps — even though seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. House seats are already held by Republicans — as pad…

Trump Team Threatens Indiana Lawmakers with Primaries

“Donald Trump’s political operation is considering primarying Indiana lawmakers who don’t embrace his mid-decade redistricting plans,” Politico reports. Said one person familiar: “They have a mountain of cash and even more motivation to win the redistricting wars Democrats started long ago.” “The electoral threats are an escalation of a pressure campaign as Trump and his allies try to extract more GOP seats in Congress across the country. Indian…

Trump allies look to primaries as they escalate Indiana redistricting pressure

Donald Trump’s political operation is considering primarying Indiana lawmakers who don’t embrace his mid-decade redistricting plans. “They have a mountain of cash and even more motivation to win the redistricting wars Democrats started long ago,” a person familiar with the White House’s thinking told POLITICO. The electoral threats are an escalation of a pressure campaign The post Trump allies look to primaries as they escalate Indiana redistric…