Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith issued a statement Wednesday in support of redistricting, calling the Indiana Senate a place “where conservative ideas from the House go to die.”

Northwest Indiana Democrats told the Post-Tribune Wednesday that they’re not supportive of the lieutenant governor’s comments and redistricting.

“The people of Indiana did not elect a Republican supermajority so our Senate could cower, compromise, or collapse at the very moment courage is (required),” Beckwith said in his statement. “Yet, here we are again. The Indiana Republican-controlled Senate is failing to stand with President Trump, failing to defend the voice of Hoosier voters, and failing to deliver the 9-0 conservative map our citizens overwhelmingly expect.”

Beckwith’s statement seemingly comes in response to

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