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Donald Trump exacted revenge on Indiana Republican legislators who foiled his redistricting push last year in the state, backing challengers who unseated five incumbents in Tuesday's primaries, NBC News projects.

One other GOP state senator who faced a Trump-endorsed opponent was locked in a tight race, while another survived.

The double-digit defeats of the five incumbents, some of whom are veterans of the Indiana Legislature, underscore the influence Trump continues to wield over the Republican Party, even as his approval rating among Americans broadly sags amid rising gas prices and the Iran war.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The purge of establishment Republicans who are just as evil but know how to work the system continues...

They'll get replaced by empty suits just there for the grift, or useful idiots. Either way, they're more likely to turn on trump when his back is finally against the wall. And more likely to lose general elections than the incumbents.

Fucking with these primaries all over the country will add up. Not just in federal goverment, but pulling a lot of "safe" red states back into competition. And trump needs red state governments if he's going to try and rig/cancel the presidential election.

MAGA that's becoming disillusioned would have still turned out in a general for who they stupidly believe has been helping, but if they're turned off trump, they may not turn out to vote for his picks that just kicked "their guys" out of office when they were happy (again, due to stupidity) with who they had