Indiana Senate Majority Leader Chris Garten (R) yelled at his Republican colleagues for opposing President Donald Trump’s effort to redistrict the state before the midterms.
“Some will say these maps are political. Let me be clear. You’re damn right they are!” Garten shouted in a fiery floor speech on Thursday. “Political policy is political. Safe streets are political. Look at Indianapolis. Affordable electricity is political. A drug-free Indiana is political. Peace in the Middle East is political.”
“I dealt with it firsthand,” he continued. “If drawing a map that secures two more seats for the Republican Party means that we continue to see overdose deaths drop by 20%, then I’ll draw that map every single day of the week and twice on Sunday. If drawing a map means that we’ll continue to see a 93% drop in illegal immigration, and I’ll sign it with a smile on my face.”
“We’re not here to be neutral arbiters of decline. We’re here to be active agents of American greatness!”
The Indiana Senate later voted against the redistricting effort.
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