Trump fumes over redistricting loss

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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.