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Trump Just THREATENED Red States Into Rigging Elections For Him
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7:54Now PlayingTrump’s allies just said the quiet part out loud: if red states don’t rig their congressional maps for him, he’s willing to let their roads crumble.
In this video, I break down the wild story out of Indiana, where a Trump-aligned GOP think tank openly warned lawmakers that if they didn’t pass an extreme 9–0 Republican gerrymander:
“Roads will not be paved”
“Guard bases will close”
“Major projects will stop”
This isn’t “small government.”
This isn’t “states’ rights.”
This is federal blackmail: use your tax dollars as a weapon until states give Trump the maps he wants.
When a group of Indiana Republicans joined Democrats to block the scheme, Trump immediately turned to revenge — personally targeting the Republican Senate leader who helped kill the bill and vowing he’ll “probably lose his next primary,” adding that he hopes he does.
In this video, we walk through:
-How Trump’s movement is threatening to cut off federal funding to states that don’t gerrymander hard enough
-Why this would punish working-class people in red counties who rely on federal money for roads, healthcare, and bases
-How MAGA uses funding, primaries, and gerrymandering together to lock in minority rule
-This isn’t just partisan hardball — it’s a blueprint for holding entire states hostage until they rewrite the rules to guarantee one-party rule.
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