INDems Statement on JD Vance’s Reported Upcoming Friday Visit to Meet With Indiana GOP on Redistricting

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Democratic Party released the following statement by Chair Karen Tallian on the reported upcoming Friday visit by Vice President JD Vance with Indiana Republican senators to pressure them into supporting mid-decade gerrymandering.

"The federal government is currently shutdown, veterans are going without services, thousands of law enforcement are working without pay, and tariff taxes are hurting Hoosiers. Despite this, President Donald Trump is sending his minion Vice President JD Vance to beg Indiana Republicans again to kiss the ring and fall in line.

"Republicans are incredibly scared of facing the voters in the midterm elections in just a year's time. They know that Hoosiers and Americans are feeling the pressure from rising healthcare premiums, shrinking childcare options, and tariff taxes raising costs and putting family farms in danger.

DEMOCRACY IS UNDER SIEGE across the entire country. Instead of working to solve any of these issues, Republicans are ignoring the voters and are rigging the lines in Texas, Missouri, Indiana, Florida, and Ohio in a desperate attempt to keep power.

"Our message to Republicans is clear: if they try this in Indiana, voters will make them pay. A clear majority of Hoosiers are opposed to this blatant power grab ordered by Donald Trump. Hoosiers are still waiting: will Governor Braun and the Republican supermajority listen to them or the DC party bosses?"

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