Gov. JB Pritzker sent a warning shot across the border Tuesday, declaring Illinois Democrats are “ready to stand up” and gerrymander a new congressional map if Indiana Republicans follow through with a redistricting plan ordered by President Donald Trump.

Indiana’s House of Representatives approved a bill last week to draw a map expanding the GOP edge in the Hoosier congressional delegation from 7-2 to 9-0.

Indiana Senate Republicans have expressed skepticism over the mid-decade redistricting measure, but it passed a committee vote Monday, teeing it up for potential passage this week.

Pritzker and Illinois’ Democratic legislative leaders have said they don’t want to revisit maps approved in 2021 that already give their party a 14-3 advantage, but they’ve signaled they would move to coun

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