INDIANAPOLIS – Statement from Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith on redistricting in Indiana:
“The people of Indiana did not elect a Republican supermajority so our Senate could cower, compromise, or collapse at the very moment courage is required.
Yet, here we are again.
The Indiana Republican-controlled Senate is failing to stand with President Trump, failing to defend the voice of Hoosier voters, and failing to deliver the 9-0 conservative map our citizens overwhelmingly expect.
For years, it has been said accurately that the Indiana Senate is where conservative ideas from the House go to die.
As President of the Senate, I am no longer willing to let that reputation stand unchallenged. We are not elected to fail. We are elected to show up and speak on behalf of our constituents.
We are not elected to surrender preemptively. We are elected to fight.
Indiana should be leading the nation, not apologizing for being a strong conservative state, while radical Democrat Marxists wage war on our Constitution, our children, and the future of this Republic.
Washington is being overrun by an anti-American agenda, and instead of joining President Trump in reclaiming our voice, too many in our own Senate choose the path of weakness and political convenience.
I am calling on my Republican colleagues in the Indiana Senate to find your backbone, to remember who sent you here, and to reclaim Indiana’s rightful voice in Congress by drawing a 9-0 map.
History will not remember those who stepped aside when action was necessary. Hoosiers are demanding warriors, so their voice is heard.
If we will not fight now, for our state, our children, and our country, then what exactly are we here for?
Indiana Senate, let’s get this done now.”
