Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at a rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, on Thursday. Michael Conroy/AP Indianapolis —

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Indiana Republicans are “ashamed of what they’re doing” on Thursday as he rallied opponents of a potential effort by GOP lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of next year’s midterm elections to add one or two US House seats more favorable to the party.

Buttigieg, the former South Bend mayor, returned to his home state for an appearance at the Indiana Statehouse where he urged Republican state lawmakers who are being pressured by President Donald Trump ’s administration to redistrict to “show some backbone before it’s too late.”

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