JD Vance flies to Indiana.
In the wide open, he and other federal officials pressure state leaders to rig Indiana’s map to help seal House elections outcome 15 months in advance.
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Specifically, by giving themselves two extra seats in the House, and eliminating all Democratic seats in the Hoosier State.
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In one twisted way, JD’s visit and open pressuring of state officials to hand him those House seats is helpful.
Because it makes perfectly clear that we are watching November 2020-January 2021 all over again—Trump’s just doing it before the 2026 elections rather than after.
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A brand new poll shows that, at + 10, @amyactonoh has the highest job approval rating in the state.
By a lot.
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Combine that with the fact that Vivek Ramaswamy has unusually high negatives (basically accomplishing this all on his own 👀) and this race for Governor is tied even in a sample that decisively voted for Trump.
Thank you to those Texas Democrats taking their courageous stand, and thank you to those supporting them in Texas and beyond. Standing up to the anti-democratic tactics of Trump and state leaders
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like Abbott is absolutely critical at the moment.
In fact, there is no choice.
As a matter of strategic action, and as a matter of message.
In fact, if our actions don’t match our words, we lose!
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For good and for bad, we project powerful messages way beyond the words we use. Drew Westen calls it our “meta-message”— what we communicate from our action or inaction, and the urgency with which we act.
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