Ben Thorpe

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.

Yeah, the state has seven Republican members of the House and two Democrats now.

This would have redrawn the lines to help flip those last two seats.

Supporters said it was legal, even though redistricting is normally done after the census at the start of the decade.

They said Democratic-led states have gerrymandered like that in the past, but opponents said it would have divided up minority voters here in Indianapolis and put them in districts where their votes would be outnumbered by suburban and rural voters, basically diluting their votes.

So far, Republicans have been able to tilt a couple more seats their way than Democrats.

Texas redistricted to help the GOP win maybe five seats there.

Missouri and North Carolina each did one seat.

California Democrats have countered by tilting five seats their way.

But the question now is whether Republicans in other states where this is being considered, like Florida and Kansas, will go ahead with redistricting.

Thank you so much.

The map was intended to hand Republicans two additional congressional seats out of Indiana, part of a national redistricting push to keep Republican control of the U.S.

House.