Indiana Republican Party Chairwoman Lana Keesling issued a statement on November 5 following the recent elections, criticizing Democratic strategies regarding redistricting and political direction.
Keesling stated, “Yesterday’s election results prove that AOC and Bernie Sanders’ long march through the Democrat Party is now complete. They have dragged their party so far left that they elected an avowed communist as Mayor of New York, two far-left governors who openly campaigned on shredding parental rights, and an attorney general who apparently fantasizes about the children of political opponents dying in their arms.”
She highlighted concerns over Proposition 50 in California, saying it enables Democrats to continue redrawing electoral districts for partisan advantage. She also referenced recent changes in Virginia, where the state legislature amended its constitution to allow for new congressional maps. According to Keesling, “The real story of yesterday is Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50, clearing the path for Democrats to continue to gerrymander their way back into power. This comes on the heels of the Virginia legislature amending their state constitution to redraw their own congressional maps just last week. Communism and gerrymandering were on ballots yesterday, and Democrat voters in blue states overwhelmingly voted for both.”
Keesling argued that Republicans are not responsible for initiating partisan redistricting battles: “Let’s be clear: Republicans did not start this fight. For decades, Democrats have wrung as many blue congressional seats out of their maps as the numbers would allow–counting illegals as citizens and gaming the census in their favor. Democrats may put a polite face on their gerrymandering every ten years, but that does not change the fact that they have systematically rigged the process at the expense of states like Indiana.”
She concluded by expressing support for Republican leaders responding to these developments: “Enough is enough. This fight has been brought to our doorstep, and I am proud of our Republican Leaders in the General Assembly who have answered the call from Governor Braun to convene a special session in December. I stand firmly behind President Trump, Vice President Vance, Governor Braun, our Hoosier delegation, and members of the legislature to pass fair maps that will protect the voice of Hoosiers in Congress.”
