After Republican legislators in Indiana joined with Democrats to vote down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map on Thursday, President Donald Trump said he would support a primary against a GOP state Senate leader.
Watch Trump’s remarks in the video player above.
The 31-19 vote in the state Senate rejected the congressional redistricting effort that Trump has been pushing Republicans to support in order to help maintain their majority in the U.S. House after the 2026 midterm elections.
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Twenty-one Republicans joined 10 Democrats in opposing the new district lines that could have potentially given Republicans two more seats.
When PBS News Hour’s White House correspondent Liz Landers asked Trum

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