{"id":597201,"date":"2026-05-06T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=597201"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:33:25","slug":"jen-psaki-and-mayor-pete-from-indiana-are-sad-that-republicans-lost-their-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=597201","title":{"rendered":"Jen Psaki and Mayor Pete from Indiana are sad that Republicans lost their seats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A struggle session on MS NOW featuring two former Biden administration officials reacting to a red state\u2019s primary results boiled down to, \u201cI like republicans when they are democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many have already shifted focus to the midterm elections and whether or not the GOP will hold Congress, ongoing primaries suggest a more impactful fight between conservatives and RINOs.<\/p>\n

As such, after many incumbent state senators in Indiana got shellacked by President Donald Trump-endorsed challengers, MS NOW\u2019s Jen Psaki and rumored 2028 White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg were left vexed by the outcome and pining for \u201ca different kind of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Republicans in Indiana, you probably don\u2019t agree with them on much, I don\u2019t agree with them on much in terms of their policies,\u201d said the former White House press secretary after five of seven races went in Trump\u2019s favor against incumbents. \u201cBut, they knew what was coming if they stood up to Trump. They stood up to him anyway. They decided \u2014 some of them at least \u2014 that there are worse things than losing an election.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jen Psaki and Mayor Pete from Indiana are sad that the Republicans in his state who \u201cstood up to Trump\u201d lost their seats.<\/p>\n

They lament how much better the world of politics could be if all Republicans could just be more like those Republicans. pic.twitter.com\/gINu3Mt012<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" JUST IN: President Trump has SUCCESSFULLY primaried out 5 RINO Indiana State Senators, of 7 races where he endorsed against incumbents who blocked redistricting<\/p>\n

+1 other Trump candidate won in an open Senate seat to replace a RINO \"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\"<\/p>\n

One district is headed to RECOUNT\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/xOsMY6GPhb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was then that she asked the former transportation secretary if he believed there to be \u201cmore of them out there,\u201d to which he began, \u201cI do. I mean, I see it everywhere I go. We have been going to a lot of more conservative areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do believe a different kind of politics is possible,\u201d added Buttigieg. \u201cIf we\u2019re all actually talking about what we believe in, that is better than Republicans repeatedly having to feel pressure to either lose their career or do something wrong because the president is demanding it of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leftist analysis marked a striking, albeit unsurprising, contrast with the view of Republican voters and conservative voices fed up with the establishment failing to pass even widely bipartisan-supported measures like the SAVE America Act to ensure the integrity of future elections.<\/p>\n

Indiana Sen. Jim Banks (R) assessed, \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 Senate who have a pulse on Republican voters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings remarked, \u201c[Trump] calls the shots in the Republican Party, and if you go against that, he will pour his wrath out upon you, and it doesn\u2019t typically turn out well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou gotta be thinking, \u2018This is a bad night for me,’\u201d added Jennings of any GOP candidate running against Trump-backed challengers.<\/p>\n

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So far on Tuesday night, five President Donald Trump-endorsed Statehouse candidates ousted state lawmakers. Sen. Jim Banks celebrated the news by saying that \u201cPresident Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: https:\/\/t.co\/J2DwrlQt2L<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/G1aUnBa6W9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 IndyStar (@indystar) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Trump cleaned up in Indiana State Senate primary tonight. @VanJones68<\/a> and I analyze & debate presidents getting involved in state level redistricting matters on @cnn<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LutBmNpX4h<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As for the commiseration of Psaki and Buttigieg with an increasing number of RINOs seeing the prospect of their continued legislative careers dwindling, reactions on social media offered no sympathy for the decline in \u201ccontrolled opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI like republicans when they are democrats\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nevervotingdemocratagain (@NevervotingDem) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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They want controlled opposition. Too bad.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Wrong lesson. Republican voters chose Trump because they were tired of feeling like their leadership had no interest in beating the Democrats. They were tired of feeling like even when they won, they lost.<\/p>\n

This shellacking tonight didn\u2019t happen because of Trump. His candidates\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/wBab6rMtsF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Megan Basham (@megbasham) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We don\u2019t need, nor do we want RINOs in the Republican Party. And we sure as heck don\u2019t want Democrats running as Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Lone Star Herald (@LoneStarHerald) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Not sad. It is an election. Elections have consequences. Go against the voters and lose the seat. Democracy<\/p>\n

\u2014 Vincent Cammarata (@cammarata_m) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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They lost their seats not because they stood up to Trump they lost them because they failed to represent their own voters values<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tom Murphy (@TomMurphy458809) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/hKgnqapFXo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 jowheeler42@yahoo.com (@jowheeler42yah1) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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