Rep. Cherrish Pryor, a Democrat from Indiana, warned Wednesday that the Texas redistricting combat would have impacts far past the Lone Star state, saying “whereas Texas is on the frontlines of this combat, Indiana could also be subsequent in line.”
President Donald Trump has been pressuring Republican-run states, together with Indiana, to redraw Congressional boundaries and dispatched Vice President JD Vance to the state this month to name for a brand new federal caucus.
Rep. Ed DeLaney, from Indiana, decried Vance’s go to to Indiana, telling the Related Press it was “insulting and embarrassing.”
“By no means in my life did I believe the vice chairman of america would come to my state and ask them to shoplift two districts,” he stated.
DeLaney additionally stated he has seen potential drafts of redistricting maps for Indiana “floating round” and stated he sensed hesitancy about them from his Republican colleagues. There’s all the time the chance, he stated, that redistricting would backfire for the occasion that requires it.
“If they’ve any brains, they’d take a look at this and ask ‘How does this play out for me?’” He stated. “Each considered one of them received the district they’ve, they usually received them pretty simply.”
