Indiana shows Republicans have two choices: align with Trump or get ousted

Though Trump’s popularity has dwindled, staying loyal to him seems to still be a winning strategy among the GOP

By just about every measure, Donald Trump’s sway with US voters has slipped since he won re-election two years ago, but there’s one place where his power remains unmatched: within the Republican party.

The latest evidence of his ability to control who’s in and who’s out in the GOP came on Tuesday, when primary voters in Indiana ousted five of seven state senators who had last year defied the president’s demand to redraw the state’s congressional maps and gerrymander the state’s last two Democratic representatives out of their seats.