At a town hall in Fort Wayne on Tuesday evening, the crowd was angry about the potential for Indiana to redistrict this year and frustrated that the only way for them to push back was to call, text, or email their state lawmakers.
“We’re here to find out what we can do other than making these phone calls,” one woman said.
Indiana House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta and Rep. Kyle Miller, both Democrats who represent portions of Fort Wayne, hosted the community meeting at the Allen County Public Library. The crowd of mostly white, middle-aged individuals filled all seven rows of seats, forcing others to stand along the walls of the meeting room. As the two representatives answered questions about redistricting and the legislative process, the group was quiet and attentive, but they would occasionally applaud, groan and interject with things like, “Fight fire with fire.”…