Trump rages in early hours at Indiana Republicans who defied redistricting plan he says he ‘wasn’t working very laborious at’ | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has lashed out in a late-night rage towards the Indiana Republicans who voted towards a redistricting plan that he supported.

The Indiana state Senate rejected a invoice on Thursday that will have successfully eradicated the Hoosier State’s two Democratic districts. Twenty-one Republicans broke ranks and joined all 10 Democrats, leading to a 31-19 vote.

“Republicans in the Indiana State Senate, who voted against a Majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, should be ashamed of themselves,” Trump wrote on Truth Social round 1:00 a.m. on Saturday.

“Headed by a total loser named Rod Bray, every one of these people should be ‘primaried,’” he added. “And I will be there to help! Indiana, which I won big, is the only state in the Union to do this!”

Bray, the state Senate President professional tempore, had beforehand warned that there was not sufficient help for the gerrymandering measure. This got here despite the fact that Trump and his allies had spent months pressuring Indiana Republicans to go the invoice. Vice President JD Vance even traveled to Indianapolis in August to make the pitch in individual.

But, when requested concerning the vote on Friday throughout a White House press briefing, Trump distanced himself, stating, “I wasn’t working on it very hard.”

“Would have been nice, I think we would have picked up two seats, if we did that,” he continued earlier than attacking Bray.

“He’ll probably lose his next primary, whenever that is. I hope he does, because he’s done a tremendous disservice,” he mentioned. “I’m sure he’ll go down.”

Shortly after the vote on Thursday, Vance additionally singled out Bray.

“Rod Bray, the Senate leader in Indiana, has consistently told us he wouldn’t fight redistricting while simultaneously whipping his members against it,” the vp wrote on X. “That level of dishonesty cannot be rewarded, and the Indiana GOP needs to choose a side.”

Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson moved to downplay the significance of the vote.

When requested by CNN on Friday whether or not it reveals Trump is now a lame duck, Johnson mentioned, “Not at all. No, he is not a lame duck. He’s the most powerful president of this generation and many others. We have a lot more work to do together. The outcome in Indiana is inconsequential to that.”

Some state lawmakers indicated that Trump’s strain marketing campaign — and the nationwide consideration it garnered — had backfired.

“You have to know Hoosiers,” Republican state Sen. Sue Glick instructed NBC News after voting towards the gerrymandering invoice. “We can’t be bullied, we don’t like it.”

The Indiana vote comes after a number of different states — together with Texas and California — moved to undertake controversial mid-decade redistricting efforts forward of the 2026 midterms. The elections sometimes see the president’s occasion lose seats in Congress.

Trump kick‑began the redistricting marketing campaign, urging GOP‑led states, beginning with Texas, to create new electoral maps to lock in or increase their razor-thin House majority.