Trump turns up heat on fellow Republicans in push to redraw congressional maps ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump is amplifying his political targeting of Indiana Republicans who have been resisting calls from the president to move forward with congressional redistricting.Trump on Tuesday, for a third...
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President Donald Trump is amplifying his political targeting of Indiana Republicans who have been resisting calls from the president to move forward with congressional redistricting. Trump on Tuesday, for a third straight day, vowed to back primary challenges against state Republican lawmakers in the solidly red Midwestern state who didn't support his push to draw new maps in Indiana , which would create another GOP-leaning congressional district. "A RINO State Senator, Rodric Bray, who doesn’t care about keeping the Majority in the House in D.C., is the primary problem. Soon, he will have a Primary Problem, as will any other politician who supports him in this stupidity," Trump warned in a social media post. Despite pressure from Trump and his political team, Bray, the Republican leader in the state Senate, announced last week that there wasn't enough support in the chamber to move forward with redistricting. Indiana is the latest battlefield in the high-stakes redistricting showdown pitting Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to shape the 2026 midterm landscape in the fight for the House majority. INDIANA REPUBLICANS REJECT TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING PUSH Republicans currently control seven of Indiana's nine congressional districts, and any new map passed by the GOP supermajority in the legislature would likely shift the state's 1st Congressional District from blue-leaning to a red-leaning seat. Trump on Sunday lambasted Bray and another Republican state senator, calling for their ouster. The president returned to social media a day later, charging, "Because of these two politically correct type ‘gentlemen,’ and a few others, they could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the House, A VERY BIG DEAL!" RULING BY RED STATE JUDGE REDISTRICTING SETBACK FOR REPUBLICANS Trump is twisting elbows in his attempt to make Indiana the latest Republican-controlled state to change their congressional maps. The president has called state lawmakers and Vice President JD…