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In this edition, scroll down for the scoop on the Indiana Democrat’s Ford Mustang obsession. Hear what former director of national intelligence and Senator Dan Coats of Indiana said about Donald Trump’s praising of Vladimir Putin. And see which Hoosiers got screentime—and facetime!—during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union earlier this week.
It’s been another big week at the intersection of Indiana politics and power. In the hours before President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union speech, no fewer than two Hoosiers flacked for him on CNN: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Chief of Staff Ron Klain.
At the same time, Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, the only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, escorted Biden into the House chamber for his foreign-policy-flecked address. Spartz, a Republican whose father died from cancer incurred as a result of his proximity to the Chernobyl incident, joined at least four standing ovations for Biden during the Ukraine section of his speech.
“This is not war,” she said earlier that day at a House GOP leadership conference. “This is a genocide.”
Freshman Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan of the 1st Congressional District scored some facetime with Biden at the end of the speech.
"I said to him, 'I'm Frank Mrvan, I represent Gary, Indiana, I'm co-chair of the Steel Caucus, and I want to thank you for the infrastructure bill for our district and also for the steel industry, and what that will do for Northwest Indiana's economy,'" Mrvan told NWI.com.
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