Statehouse Happenings: Charlie Kirk Bullies Republicans Into Redistricting Fight

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

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The fight to redistrict Indiana to pick up seats in the House of Representatives was not going over well with many Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly. Enter Charlie Kirk. The broadcast behemoth took to Twitter and threatened to primary any Republican who opposed redistricting. Quickly the narrative changed, including an embarrassing flip-flop from Representative Craig Haggard. Will the Indiana General Assembly allow themselves to be bossed around by a broadcaster from Arizona? It certainly appears that way. Rob Kendall, Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, and Jim Merritt discuss on Statehouse Happenings.

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1:44.3	Rob Kendall, Jim Merritt, Abdulakib Chabazz, the program is State House Happenings, your weekly look at what's going on with Indiana politics and government. Before we begin the show, let's meet the award-winning panel. You know him from 30 years in the Indiana Senate. The great Jim Merritt, hello. Robert. and you know him as the owner and operator of IndyPolitics.org, Abdulakim Shabazz.
1:45.1	Hello.
1:45.6	It is a beautiful day of the neighborhood, my friend, a beautiful day. All right. Let's see. Okay. Where do we start? Well, you know, it's all redistricting now. And Abdul, I'll start with you. You know it's bad when you and I are firmly in agreement on something.
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