Indiana Republicans who lost their jobs after bucking Trump have ‘zero regrets’

Three state senators who were defeated in Tuesday’s primary told NBC News they haven’t changed their minds about the redistricting vote that drew Trump’s ire.

After a group of Indiana Republican legislators rejected their party’s redistricting plan last year, they faced public ridicule from President Donald Trump and millions of dollars in negative attack ads, with several ultimately losing their jobs Tuesday.

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But three of those state senators told NBC News on Wednesday that they have no second thoughts about the vote that put them in the spotlight and led to their defeats at the hands of Trump-backed challengers.

“I have zero regrets,” state Sen. Greg Walker, a 20-year veteran of the chamber, said after he lost to state Rep. Michelle Davis.