Trump, Indiana and redistricting
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Indiana state police said "numerous" state lawmakers had faced bomb threats and been the subject of swatting hoaxes amid the push for redistricting.
It's decision day in red state Indiana as the state Senate votes on congressional redistricting championed by President Trump. The new map would create two more GOP-dominated districts.
The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to defeat a mid-census redistricting map Thursday, ending a months-long effort by the Trump administration to shift Indiana’s congressional districts.
Indiana’s state Senate is set to convene Thursday to continue considering a bill that would give the state a new Republican-friendly congressional map.
Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort has hit unexpected pushback in Indiana, and become a test of Trump's grip on his party.
Trump has urged Republicans nationwide to redraw congressional maps in a campaign to help the party maintain its thin majority in the House
After the Indiana Senate rejected President Donald Trumps contentious mid-decade redistricting proposal, warnings of political and financial retaliation escalated including public threats that Indiana could lose federal funding as punishment for GOP senators refusal to approve the new congressional map.
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Trump lashes out at ‘loser’ Rod Bray, vows to help primary anti-redistricting Indiana Republicans
President Donald Trump once again attacked the Indiana Senate Republican leader after the state body voted down a mid-decade redistricting bill. In a Truth Social message posted early Saturday, Trump vowed to primary Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray and other Republicans who opposed the GOP-friendly congressional map.