"Before the vote, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, issued a cryptic warning to Indiana lawmakers. President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state, Heritage's X account posted. Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame."
"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."
"The Trump admin was VERY clear about this, the lieutenant governor wrote on X. They told many lawmakers, cabinet members and the Gov and I that this would happen. The Indiana Senate made it clear to the Trump Admin today that they do not want to be partners with the WH. The WH made it clear to them that they'd oblige."
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said the Trump administration threatened to strip federal funding if the Republican-controlled legislature failed to adopt a gerrymandered congressional map. Republicans in the Indiana Senate rejected a bill to eliminate the state's two remaining Democratic districts. President Trump urged passage and sent Vice President JD Vance to lobby Republican senators. The Heritage Foundation posted on X that all federal funding would be stripped, that roads would not be paved, guard bases would close, and major projects would stop if the map was not adopted. Beckwith said the administration told lawmakers and cabinet members the threat was real. Legal challenges are expected if federal funding is withheld.
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