Indiana State Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, Image via Screengrab.

When President Donald Trump called on Republican-led state legislatures to redistrict their states, he presumably anticipated they would follow his orders. Some Indiana Republicans not only bucked the demand but may have angered the Trump staff and allies in the process.

Politico Magazine reported Friday that Rodric Bray, the president pro tempore of the Indiana Senate, opposes the effort to gerrymander Indiana in an effort to cut the two Democratic seats so Trump can maintain a GOP majority in the House of Representatives.

Gov. Mike Braun told 13News that the battle isn't over.

On Thursday, the Indiana governor said he is "left with no choice but to explore all options at my disposal to compel the state Senate to show up and vote."

Braun was asked what "compel" meant to him.

"Compel is a word that means we're not going to just take what (Senate President Pro Tem) Rod Bray did and, accept that is the end of the story," Braun said. "The House said they're not adjourning until January and to be prepared to come back and produce maps. If they do that, then that even changes the dynamic more so."

That's not what those at the national level believe, however.

“There’s no moving Bray,” a Republican close to the White House told Politico. “He’s going to die on this hill. He thinks he’s morally superior. Bray’s clear opinion is, ‘F—— you.’”

An Indiana Republican county chair who was granted anonymity told Politico, “The person with the biggest cojones in all of this is Bray, and he knows what’s at stake.”

In fact, Bray fears that the mid-decade redistricting could work against Republicans.

“It seems like the public is talking about this in terms of a binary choice: either 7-2 or redistricting and get 9-0,” Bray said. “That is not clear at all to me, because we don’t know who’s going to run.”

Trump's 2024 election being used as a baseline could ultimately hurt Republicans, the report said, because if there is a massive turnout for Democratic and Independent voters and Trump voters do not go to the polls, the GOP wouldn't necessarily win. The new districts could result in closer margins between the GOP and Democratic voters.

“In fact, I mean, if you really got too cute, you could find yourself at 6-3,” Bray said.

But the White House thinks Bray misled other officials "every step of the way," the report said.

Politico reported in August that Trump called Bray and Speaker Todd Huston to the Oval Office to discuss redistricting, while other Indiana Republican lawmakers were visiting the White House. At the time, the Indiana politicians promised to give the White House a heads up on "major developments." But Politico claims he "reneged on that promise when a spokesperson told POLITICO last month he did not have the votes for new maps."

“If they feel that way, I apologize,” Bray said.

Read the full report here.