{"id":2520346,"date":"2025-12-11T21:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-insists-he-wasnt-very-much-involved-in-indiana-redistricting-effort\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:12:38","slug":"trump-insists-he-wasnt-very-much-involved-in-indiana-redistricting-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-insists-he-wasnt-very-much-involved-in-indiana-redistricting-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump insists he wasn&#8217;t &#8216;very much involved&#8217; in Indiana redistricting effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-insists-he-wasnt-very-much-involved-in-indiana-redistricting-effort%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that former President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in the recent effort to redraw Indiana&#8217;s congressional districts, a bill that ultimately failed in the state Senate.Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson had pressured Indiana lawmakers to pass a redistricting plan aimed at reducing Democratic depiction by stripping two seats from the party. Despite passing in the Indiana House, the bill was rejected in the Senate by a 19-31 vote, with many Republicans opposing it. Trump expressed frustration toward Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, who opposed the legislation, and suggested that Bray might lose his next primary election. Nonetheless, Trump emphasized that he was not heavily involved in the effort, despite his vocal comments about the outcome. The Indiana Senate will remain adjourned until January 2026.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump insists he wasn&rsquo;t &lsquo;very much involved&rsquo; in Indiana redistricting effort after bill fails<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2442362\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> downplayed his involvement in an effort to push a new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">congressional map<\/a> for Indiana after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-of-americans-not-eligible-to-receive-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Millions of Americans not eligible to receive stimulus checks\">bill failed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) had been pressuring Indiana&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">state legislature<\/a> for months to redraw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s congressional districts to strip Democrats of two seats. These efforts ultimately were for nought after the Senate voted against the measure on Thursday, 19-31. When asked about the bill&rsquo;s failure, Trump downplayed his involvement in the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915794\/trump-executive-order-state-regulation-ai\/\">Trump signs executive order limiting state regulation of AI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915510\/gift-shops-national-parks-dei-items\/\">Gift shops at national parks ordered to remove items promoting DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915253\/white-house-us-intends-seize-oil-onboard-impounded-venezuela-tanker\/\">White House: US intends to &#8216;seize&#8217; oil onboard impounded Venezuelan tanker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I won Indiana all three times by a landslide, and I wasn&rsquo;t working on it very hard. It would have been nice. I think we would have picked up two seats if we did that,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>He then voiced restrained ire against Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, who opposed the redistricting effort.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You had one gentleman, the head of the Senate, I guess, Bray, whatever his name is. I heard he was against it. He&rsquo;ll probably lose his next primary, whenever that is. I hope he does, because he&rsquo;s done a tremendous disservice,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>After a vocal detour, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president stressed<\/a> once again that he &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t very much involved.&rdquo; He then asked around the room to clarify that the head of the state Senate&rsquo;s name was Bray.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3915188\/indiana-senate-rejects-redistricting-bid-despite-trump-pressure\/\">INDIANA SENATE STRIKES DOWN REDISTRICTING BID DESPITE INTENSE PRESSURE FROM TRUMP AND ALLIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, he&rsquo;ll, I&rsquo;m sure that whenever his primary is, it&rsquo;s, I think, in two years, but I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll go down. He&rsquo;ll go down. I&rsquo;ll certainly support anybody that wants to go against him,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The redistricting bill passed easily in the House but faced strong opposition in the Senate despite a Republican supermajority. Of the 31 no votes, 21 were from Republicans.&nbsp;The Senate has adjourned until January 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump downplays role in Indiana redistricting after bill fails<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2520347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25346009228871.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,7006,5894,16985,3634],"class_list":["post-2520346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-indiana","tag-politics","tag-redistricting","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25346009228871.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520346\/revisions\/2520350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}