Tamara Keith
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President Trump used the best leverage that he's had throughout his political career, which is to say, if you cross me, if you don't do the thing that I want you to do, that I'm going to primary you.
I'm going to support someone else to run against you in the Republican primary.
And I'm so all powerful that you will lose your job.
And 21 Senate Republicans in the state of Indiana said, all right, you can try.
Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms.
So he's been trying to get GOP-run states to tilt the playing field in his party's favor.
Trump had intensely lobbied Indiana lawmakers.
promising to campaign against them if they didn't support the gerrymandered maps.
Groups backing Trump rallied in Indianapolis, but it didn't work, and now Trump is distancing himself.
And then Trump repeated his threats to primary state lawmakers who voted against the plan.
Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms.
So he's been trying to get GOP-run states to tilt the playing field in his party's favor.
Trump had intensely lobbied Indiana lawmakers.
promising to campaign against them if they didn't support the gerrymandered maps.
Groups backing Trump rallied in Indianapolis, but it didn't work, and now Trump is distancing himself.
And then Trump repeated his threats to primary state lawmakers who voted against the plan.
Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms.