Republican Indiana State Sen. Mike Gaskill, left, sponsor of the redistricting legislation, is questioned by Sen. Greg Walker before a vote to redistrict the state's congressional map on Thursday, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Michael Conroy/AP Indianapolis —

Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire team had received text messages about her that day — “and they were all bad.”

Recounting the moment to CNN shortly after she joined 20 other Republican state senators in rejecting President Donald Trump’s redistricting push , Leising said she laughed the moment off with her grandson — but that it ultimately led to her opposi

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