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“Many of you have asked my position on redistricting. I have been an unapologetic advocate for people with intellectual disabilities since the birth of my second daughter. Those of you that don’t know me or my family might not know that my daughter has Down Syndrome.”
He continued by accusing Trump of crossing lines too many times to ignore:
“This is not the first time our president has used these insulting and derogatory references and his choices of words have consequences. I will be voting NO on redistricting, perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority.”
That single “NO” vote could derail a map Republican leaders have been preparing for months, a map that analysts say would help counter aggressive Democrat gerrymanders in blue states like New York, Illinois, and California.
The backlash from conservatives was immediate and volcanic.
Florida’s Voice contributor Eric Daugherty slammed Bohacek’s grandstanding, telling him to stop acting like a wounded teenager at a time when the GOP is trying to claw back control of Congress.
“What a freaking child,” he wrote. “Primary this weak ‘Republican.’ Outrageous. Grandstanding when our nation is at stake? Caving to Gavin Newsom and the Democrat Country-Destroyers is your play because you’re OFFENDED?”
But the controversy didn’t stop there.
Bohacek’s critics also resurfaced his high-profile drunk-driving scandal, a case that raised eyebrows across Indiana after police reported he was three times over the legal limit in a Panda Express parking lot before speeding off in a Dodge Charger.
Officers pursued him for doing 62 in a 45, and a hospital blood test later showed a staggering 0.28 BAC. Because of legislative immunity, Bohacek wasn’t arrested on the spot and was simply driven home. Formal charges came months later, and he eventually accepted a plea deal for a misdemeanor OWI.
Now, that same lawmaker — shielded by the system and forgiven by the courts — is choosing to sabotage his own party’s redistricting for the sake of moral posturing over Trump’s rhetoric.
The result? Democrats could gain a crucial opening in the 2026 midterms as Republican-leaning states struggle to correct census undercounts and counter aggressive Democrat-drawn maps.
Indiana’s redistricting fight was supposed to strengthen GOP chances nationwide. Instead, one offended senator may hand Democrats a victory they never could have won honestly.
