Indiana Lt. Gov. Confirms Trump Threatened Entire State if It Didn’t Redraw Congressional Map

Michael Luciano Dec 12th, 2025, 12:18 am

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Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the Trump administration threatened the state if the Republican-controlled legislature failed to gerrymander its congressional map.

On Thursday, Republicans in the Indiana Senate torpedoed a bill designed to eliminate the state’s two remaining Democratic districts in Indiana’s nine-seat map. President Donald Trump urged legislators to approve the change, and he dispatched Vice President JD Vance to personally lobby Republican senators. Despite a GOP supermajority, the measure failed after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats in voting against it.

Before the vote, the Heritage Foundat

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