Ben Thorpe

Good morning.

Yeah, it was very suspenseful.

There were protesters against redistricting in the Capitol, and you could kind of hear them as senators debated for over three hours.

The outcome, I think, was really unknown.

And in the end, the redistricting bill failed by a vote of only 19 in favor and 31 opposed.

It's important to mention that the Indiana Senate is heavily Republican, so of those 31 opposed, 21 were Republicans.

Here's one of them.

This is State Senator Spencer Deary, who said that redistricting just to get political gain went against his conservative values.

He said he'd fight with, quote, his last breath to prevent the federal government from bullying a state.

Others just said their constituents did not want this.

Yeah, so it started months ago.

Indiana lawmakers were brought to the White House.

Vice President Vance went to Indiana.

In fact, during the debate, Vance tweeted that Senate President Pro Tem Roderick Bray was being dishonest in trying to defeat this bill.

And Bray did ultimately vote against it.

Trump and Republican Governor Mike Braun here threatened to back primary challenges against senators who didn't get on board.

And the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted yesterday that he would come campaign here against them.

You heard some of what Trump said there at the top.

He also said he'd support someone to run against Bray.

For his part, the Governor Braun warned that, quote, decisions like this are going to carry political consequences.