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Trump Still Has A Grip On Indiana

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

There’s a lot going on in this year’s midterm elections. Tennessee Republicans approved a new map on Thursday, splitting the majority-Black voting district that encompasses the city of Memphis – and possibly eliminating the state’s only blue congressional seat. The president also got to flex his muscles this week in Indiana’s Republican primary. Candidates with his support beat at least five Republican incumbents who had voted against his redistricting plans in the state. So what does all of this mean for the midterms? To find out, we talked to Jon Favreau. He’s a co-host of Pod Save America.

And in headlines, Russia preps for its annual Victory Day Parade, two reports shed new light on the Iran war, and President Donald Trump tries to square up with a child in the Oval Office.

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0:00.0

It's Friday, May 8th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey.

0:06.5

The show wondering, if the Atlantic's reporting about FBI director Cash Patel's alleged drinking was so incorrect that the FBI director filed a lawsuit against the outlet,

0:15.3

then why is the FBI reportedly going after leakers and demanding Patel's security detail take polygraphs.

0:21.9

So weird.

0:26.4

On today's show, Russia preps for its annual Victory Day parade, and President Donald Trump tries to square up with a child in the Oval Office.

0:39.4

Huge turn here. But let's start with the midterms and redistricting. Tennessee Republicans

0:44.9

approved a new map on Thursday, splitting the majority black voting district that encompasses

0:49.1

the city of Memphis and possibly eliminating the state's only blue congressional seat. They did so despite massive protests

0:56.3

from Democrats and the people of Memphis who gathered outside the state Capitol building in

1:00.3

Nashville on Thursday. Hands off Memphis! One Tennessee Republican state representative, Todd Warner,

1:10.4

was photographed using a Trump flag as a cape as he went to vote for the plan.

1:14.3

In case you needed the subtext to be made, you know, text.

1:19.0

Because this is all about giving Republicans and Donald Trump more power in Congress after last week's Supreme Court decision weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

1:28.4

And speaking of Trump's power, the president got to flexes muscles this week in Indiana's Republican primary.

1:34.7

Candidates with his support beat at least five Republican incumbents who had voted against his redistricting plans in the state.

1:41.2

So what does all of this mean for the midterms?

1:43.6

To find out, I talked to John

1:44.8

Favreau. He's a co-host of Pod Save America. John, welcome back to what today. Good to be here.

1:51.0

On Tuesday, Indiana Republicans sided with Trump and voted out a handful of state senators who didn't

1:56.2

support the president's redistricting push. Were you surprised at all? No. I mean, Donald Trump's approval

2:04.2

rating in Indiana is above water. Right. One of the few states where that's true, not as popular as he is

2:10.3

in like Wyoming, but he's more popular than like Ohio. And some of these people, some of these

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