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00:00Trump fumes over redistricting laws.
00:03President Donald Trump escalated his pressure campaign on Indiana Republicans
00:07after a block of GOP state senators joined Democrats to defeat a proposed congressional redistricting map, according to reports.
00:15President Trump targeted Indiana Senate pro-tem Roderick Bray after the redistricting plan failed,
00:21warning he would back a primary challenger.
00:24He predicted Bray would lose, argued the map would have strengthened Republicans' U.S. House majority based on his Indiana wins,
00:30and accused state Republicans of unnecessarily breaking ranks while Democrats stay unified.
00:36The proposal to split Indianapolis into four Republican-leaning districts failed,
00:40despite a strong GOP majority in the Indiana Senate.
00:44Twenty-one Republican senators joined all ten Democrats to defeat it.
00:48The measure had passed the Indiana House 57-41 and was heavily backed by President Trump.
00:55President Trump aggressively pushed the redistricting plan, despite later claiming he was not working on it very hard.
01:01In a truth social post, he warned Republicans opposing it would face a MAGA primary.
01:07Trump accused Roderick Bray of blocking GOP gains, claimed Indiana was alone in avoiding new maps,
01:13and alleged dissenting Republicans were aligning with Democrats, singling out party leaders as beneficiaries.
01:20Vance warned on X that dishonesty should not be rewarded and urged Indiana Republicans to choose sides.
01:25He said he would campaign against any GOP lawmakers siding with never-Trumpers.
01:31Tensions escalated when Senator Mike Gaskell claimed on the Senate floor that a second civil war had begun,
01:37highlighting how redistricting has exposed deeper fractures within the Republican Party.
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