Twenty-four hours that showed the limits of Trump’s power
The Indiana state Senate’s vote against a new congressional map that President Donald Trump had pressured it to adopt is one of the most extraordinary examples to date of Republicans standing up to Trump. But it wasn’t even the only example Thursday. Indeed, Trump got a series of brushback pitches in his efforts to dominate his party and American politics. The day seemed to reinforce the emerging limits of Trump’s ability to force others to bow to him, as his poll numbers drop