Trump's crusade to punish Indiana Republicans isn't going so hot
Donald Trump’s crusade to punish Indiana Republicans who scuttled his plans to re-gerrymander the state’s congressional districts just suffered a high-profile blow when a challenger he had endorsed abandoned his campaign against a Republican senator who opposed a remap.
Bluffton City Councilman Blake Fiechter announced last week that he was ending his bid against state Sen. Travis Holdman, one of 21 Republicans in the upper chamber who joined with all 10 Democrats to reject a GOP-drawn map in December.
Trump endorsed Fiechter last month, before the candidate had even joined the May 5 primary for the 19th Senate District, a conservative constituency that includes a small portion of Fort Wayne and communities to the south.
“Holdman and his RINO friends made Indiana, a State I love and have been very good to, the only State in the Country that essentially said they don’t care about what happens in the United States Congress,” Trump ranted on Truth Social. “Should he decide to enter this Race, and hopefully he will, Blake Fiechter has my Complete and Total Endorsement against RINO Travis Holdman. RUN, BLAKE, RUN!”
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