President Donald Trump is dead serious about rigging maps ahead of the midterms—so serious he’s threatening to back primary challengers against governors who won’t go along with it.

According to Politico, Trump’s team is already eyeing New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte, who flatly rejected calls to redraw congressional lines for partisan gain.

“The timing is off for this, because we are literally in the middle of the census period,” she told WMUR in August. “And when I talk to people in New Hampshire ... it’s not on the top of their priority list.”

Ayotte has long been one of the few Republicans willing to show an independent streak, and Trump’s interest in punishing her underscores just how little tolerance he has for dissent inside the party. In today’s GOP, even questioning the timing

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