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Republicans in the state have faced a wave of “swatting” incidents. Indiana lawmakers have reported other attempts at intimidation, including at least one bomb threat, as well as subtler forms of harassment, like pizza deliveries. Taylor Greene of Georgia reported a similar incident before she abruptly announced her resignation from Congress. “The whole idea is, We know who you are. We know where you live,” the Indiana lawmaker said. “They’re trying to intimidate us.”
Trump has been calling out individual legislators by name in his Truth Social feed, making local politicians targets of MAGA’s wrath. So far, Trump’s heavy-handed pressure campaign and the anonymous harassment directed toward Indiana Republicans have not worked. One Indiana Republican representative said they should be trying to win elections on the merits, not through gerrymandering: “If you’re not confident enough in your policies that you think that it’s going to have a negative impact on your politics, then maybe you need to be doing something different.”
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