{"id":2599301,"date":"2026-05-06T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primaries-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-senate-rinos-pass-the-save-act\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:54:31","slug":"indiana-primaries-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-senate-rinos-pass-the-save-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primaries-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-senate-rinos-pass-the-save-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Primaries Should Be A Wakeup Call For Senate RINOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-primaries-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-senate-rinos-pass-the-save-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Indiana Republican primary voters are portrayed as rejecting \u201crinos\u201d and incumbents who backed Democrats on key issues, helping Trump and allied groups win multiple state Senate seats. The article credits Sen. Jim Banks and Trump-backed challengers for ousting lawmakers who opposed a redistricting plan that would have gained Republicans House seats. It also highlights a major surge in Republican-primary ad spending-about $13.5 million-fuelled largely by Trump-aligned groups targeting those incumbents.<\/p>\n<p>The piece than argues that this message should push Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Republicans to act on the \u201cSAVE America Act,\u201d wich the author describes as focused on election integrity (documentary proof of citizenship to vote federally and photo ID). it claims Senate Republicans are delaying and not prioritizing the bill, pointing to frustration with filibuster rules and the lack of effort to overcome them. The article notes Trump has urged Republicans to consider the \u201cnuclear option,\u201d while Thune says ending the filibuster isn\u2019t feasible.<\/p>\n<p>It further warns that other Republicans seen as insufficiently supportive-such as Sen. John Cornyn in texas-face electoral danger, citing polling showing Cornyn trailing an opponent. it reiterates the broader theme that Indiana\u2019s results show what happens when Trump is disappointed,concluding that Senate leaders must heed the warning and pass the SAVE america act.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Indiana conservatives just sent a message to RINOs everywhere: FAFO. These voters are mad as hell and they\u2019re not going to vote for spineless Republicans anymore. <\/p>\n<p>Hopefully GOP senators performing in the failure theater production of \u201cdebating\u201d the SAVE America Act heard Indiana\u2019s message loud and clear. <\/p>\n<p>Most of the Republican Indiana state Senate candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump won primary races Tuesday against incumbents who voted with Democrats to stop a congressional redistricting bill. As of late Tuesday evening, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/05\/us\/trump-candidates-win-indiana-republican-primary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election results <\/a>showed challengers picked up at least five of the seven state Senate seats targeted by Trump and allied conservatives groups. Republican primary voters rejected politicians standing on \u201cfairness\u201d principles while Democrats employ every weapon in their political arsenal to wrest back control of the U.S. House. <\/p>\n<p>Indiana Sen. Jim Banks helped drive the campaign to oust the incumbents who helped kill a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-and-california-battle-over-redistricting-advantages\/\" title=\"Texas and California battle over redistricting advantages\">mid-decade redrawing<\/a> of the red state\u2019s congressional maps. The redistricting plan, urged by Trump, would have given Republicans two additional seats in a House of Representatives with a razor-thin GOP majority. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in Indiana politics should have learned an important lesson today: President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters,\u201d Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hannah__Adamson\/status\/2051831798099763530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cIndiana is a conservative state, and we deserve conservatives in our State Senate who have a pulse on Republican voters.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorBanks<\/a> on Trump-backed challenger wins:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in Indiana politics should have learned an important lesson today: President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters. Indiana is a conservative state, and we deserve conservatives in our State\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Adamson TV (@Hannah__Adamson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hannah__Adamson\/status\/2051831798099763530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump and his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >political action committee allies<\/a> are ready to spend to jettison Republicans who don\u2019t see the next two election cycles as existential battles. And they have a lot of money to take on RINOs and leftists heading into the midterms. <\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Senate Republican primaries generated $13.5 million in ad spending, a 4,736 percent increase from the last cycle, according to ad tracker AdImpact. The brunt of the spending poured in from Trump-allied groups targeting the incumbents.  <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It\u2019s primary day in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INPol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INPol<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana State Senate has seen $13.5M in ad spending for its primaries this cycle, a 4,736% increase from last cycle<\/p>\n<p>Top advertisers were Hoosier Leadership for America Inc. ($5.2M) and American Leadership PAC ($3.8M) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lI7u1tD6fI\">pic.twitter.com\/lI7u1tD6fI<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 AdImpact Politics (@AdImpact_Pol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdImpact_Pol\/status\/2051733435274694964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It seems some members of Republican-controlled U.S. Senate have failed to learn that \u201cimportant lesson,\u201d particularly when it comes to one of Trump\u2019s top priorities \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccormick.senate.gov\/news\/remarks\/second-save-america-speech-by-u-s-senator-david-h-mccormick-r-pa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an 80-20 issue <\/a>among voters. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I\u2019m Disappointed\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate is out this week. Again. Majority leadership could be fighting for the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/3-clever-ways-to-pass-the-save-america-act-if-republicans-keep-stonewalling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE America Act,<\/a> holding the floor open for debate until enough obstructionist Democrats break. They\u2019re not. Even when they\u2019re in session they haven\u2019t shown much urgency for the popular election integrity package that requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections, and photo ID at the polls. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/thune-save-act-votes\/70703091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> he supports the bill but, by golly, there\u2019s just no way to get around that 60-vote filibuster. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/3-clever-ways-to-pass-the-save-america-act-if-republicans-keep-stonewalling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There is<\/a>, but it seems the same senators who like to talk about election integrity don\u2019t want to work all that hard to get it. <em>See<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/17\/what-the-wall-street-journal-gets-wrong-about-the-talking-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Talking Filibuster<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has called on Republicans to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/10\/gop-senators-nuke-the-filibuster-pass-the-save-america-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cnuclear option,\u201d<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/new-jerseys-voter-roll-chaos-makes-the-best-case-for-the-save-america-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats did<\/a> more than a decade ago, to blow up the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act and other key conservative measures. Thune has said nuking the filibuster is a nonstarter in his conference. Republicans are worried about what Democrats might do with the power when they\u2019re back in control. <\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/freedomcaucus\/status\/2051733635309490226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> that if Democrats \u201cget the chance, they\u2019ll do it in the first hour back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed. I like John a lot, but there\u2019s a couple of Republicans that are foolish people,\u201d Trump told reporters Tuesday. \u201cA couple of them I like, a couple of them I can\u2019t stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018After Careful Consideration\u2019 <\/h2>\n<p>Indiana\u2019s primary election should be a wake-up call to Thune and crew about what happens to politicians when the Republican Party\u2019s most popular politician is disappointed. <\/p>\n<p>Looking at you Sen. John Cornyn. The Texas RINO whom <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/10\/rino-senators-could-sink-the-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sources say<\/a> has been extra squishy on getting the SAVE America Act across the finish line, is trailing his challenger in the Lone Star State\u2019s runoff election. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uh.edu\/hobby\/gop\/gop.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> released this week by Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston shows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leading the incumbent by 3 percentage points (48% to 45%). <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I hope you\u2019re watching what\u2019s happening in Indiana tonight. <\/p>\n<p>Expect the same results in Louisiana &#038; Texas. <\/p>\n<p>Pass the SAVE America Act. <\/p>\n<p>Peacefully.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/2051818307419099603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Feeling the heat from Paxton, Cornyn changed his stance on the Senate security blanket. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter careful consideration, I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the SAVE America Act and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-sen-john-cornyn-calls-on-gop-to-change-filibuster-and-pass-save-act-as-he-prepares-for-primary-runoff-against-ken-paxton\/\" title=\"Republican .... ... Calls on GOP to Change Filibuster and Pass SAVE ... as He Prepares for Primary Runoff Against Ken Paxton\">homeland security funding past<\/a> the Democrats\u2019 obstruction, through the Senate, and on the president\u2019s desk for his signature,\u201d Cornyn wrote in a March <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/11\/opinion\/sen-cornyn-why-the-save-act-matters-more-than-the-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">op-ed<\/a> in The New York Post. <\/p>\n<p>But saying so and doing so when the rubber hits the road are two distinctly different things, as politics past has shown us. Congressional sources <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/10\/rino-senators-could-sink-the-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say<\/a> Cornyn and others are loathe to go on the record with an actual vote on the subject. <\/p>\n<p>Some Senate Republicans needed a reminder that Trump\u2019s endorsement and his displeasure still matter a great deal in the Trump era. <\/p>\n<h2>Get the Message?<\/h2>\n<p>A total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/indiana-senate-vote-trump-backed-congressional-map-gop-resistance-rcna247833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21 Republicans<\/a> in the Indiana state Senate joined its 10 Democrats in stopping the Hoosier State redistricting plan. Only some are up for election this year. After the December vote, Republican state Sen. Sue Glick <a href=\"https:\/\/indianacapitalchronicle.com\/2025\/12\/11\/senate-republicans-reject-trumps-plea-for-gerrymandered-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the Indiana Capital Chronicle that voters didn\u2019t want the new map, and that Hoosiers \u201ccan\u2019t be bullied.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Democrats and their corporate media comrades <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/indiana-senate-vote-trump-backed-congressional-map-gop-resistance-rcna247833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejoiced,<\/a> calling it a GOP rejection of Trump and his agenda. <\/p>\n<p>While Indiana RINOs joined with state Democrats in calling the redistricting plan unfair and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5863653-indiana-state-senate-trump-challengers-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cynical,<\/a> Dems have pushed gerrymandered maps in California, Utah, and Virginia to greater political advantage. Virginia liberals ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/28\/virginia-supreme-court-denies-dem-ags-attempt-to-ram-through-gerrymander-vote-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rigged referendum<\/a> campaign to change the commonwealth\u2019s constitution and rewrite a map that would \u2014 if it survives court challenges \u2014 give Democrats a 10-1 edge in Virginia\u2019s congressional delegation. Liberals in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/03\/supreme-court-grants-republicans-request-to-pause-order-to-redraw-new-york-congressional-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> and Wisconsin <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/judges-toss-dems-attempt-to-redraw-wisconsins-congressional-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried and failed<\/a> to draw new boundaries, but House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is back with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jeffries-launches-new-york-gerrymander-push-redistricting-clash-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another plan <\/a>to further gerrymander the Empire State. <\/p>\n<p>If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/116804\/witnesses\/HHRG-118-HA00-Wstate-HemingwayM-20240207-U1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">past<\/a> is any indicator, Democrats will do whatever it takes \u2014 legal and otherwise \u2014 to take back power. We have seen this movie before. That\u2019s why passage of the SAVE America Act is so critical to the integrity of U.S. elections. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time Thune and crew got that message. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana voters sent RINOs a warning: \u201cFAFO,\u201d and rejected GOP \u201cspineless\u201d takeaways in primaries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2599302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-1.45.16-AM-1024x575.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7006,9973,52777,3740,32515],"class_list":["post-2599301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-indiana","tag-primaries","tag-rinos-2","tag-senate","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-1.45.16-AM-1024x575.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599305,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599301\/revisions\/2599305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}