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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould Indiana's new hate law provide an opening for a Democratic Senate pick-up?
Just some out loud wondering. With the already surprising extent of the backlash to Indiana's just-signed new hate-and-discrimination law, I wonder if it will backfire to the extent that a Democratic candidate could pick up the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat?
To be sure, this candidate will not be able to run as a "faux Republican" in this scenario, but rather, stand firmly "against hate, to show America that Indiana is better than this," etc.
Would be great if there was some additional political cost to the GOP for this, in addition to the fiduciary ones already, justifiably, piling up on the Hoosier State.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)elected these idiots somehow get an infusion of common sense.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Ugh! So glad to be nowhere near that state, keeping it on my flyover state list.
villager
(26,001 posts)...in the pocketbook, to possibly make a difference.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)So it will be interesting to see if any particular election is viewed as a "referendum" on it...
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)They voted for all these bigots and Indiana seems to be controlled by GOP in large margins in their legislature.
villager
(26,001 posts)...any of them, or if they just start doubling down on the hate.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)...ones loose, and exacerbate the problem.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)This reply started as a joke but now that I'm done with it, it doesn't seem funny anymore.
villager
(26,001 posts)...that I think they reckoned on.