{"id":2520632,"date":"2025-12-12T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-braun-vows-to-primary-republicans-who-scuttled-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:49:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:49:50","slug":"mike-braun-vows-to-primary-republicans-who-scuttled-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-braun-vows-to-primary-republicans-who-scuttled-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Braun vows to primary Republicans who scuttled redistricting"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmike-braun-vows-to-primary-republicans-who-scuttled-redistricting%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=2520632&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>Indiana Governor mike Braun has vowed to support President Donald Trump in targeting Republican lawmakers in primary elections after they opposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-redistricting-bill-clears-committee-heads-to-full-house-for-vote\/\" title=\"... ... ... clears committee, heads to ... for ...\">mid-decade redistricting bill<\/a> designed to redraw Indiana&#8217;s congressional map. Despite Republicans holding a supermajority in the state Senate, the bill was defeated 31-19, with a meaningful number of Republicans joining Democrats against it. This rejection was a major setback for Braun and the Trump administration, which had exerted intense pressure on state legislators to pass the bill. The battle over redistricting has caused deep rifts within the Indiana GOP and sparked heated political conflict, including threats of political consequences and warnings from the white House about potential impacts on federal funding to the state. However, political experts view Braun&#8217;s threats to primary opposing Republicans as unlikely to succeed, highlighting the difficulty of enforcing party unity amid growing divisions. The episode illustrates a broader struggle over political control and Trump&#8217;s influence within the Republican Party in Indiana ahead of upcoming elections.  <\/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\">Indiana governor vows to primary Republicans who voted against redistricting &mdash; but it won&rsquo;t be easy<\/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>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-braun\/\">Mike Braun<\/a> (R-IN) has threatened to help President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> target GOP lawmakers in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">primaries<\/a> after they blocked a mid-decade redistricting bill, but pulling it off may prove far harder than he thinks.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is the state party showing signs of strain, but threats issued by Trump, Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a>, Braun, and their allies could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >make quality candidate recruitment difficult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-caucuses-what-to-watch-if-haley-or-desantis-are-to-pull-off-upset-over-trump\/\" title=\"Key things to watch for in Iowa caucuses: Haley or DeSantis potentially upsetting Trump\">political experts told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3916008\/andrew-cuomo-wins-temporary-restraining-order-fight-ny-commission-memoir\/\">Cuomo wins temporary restraining order in fight with NY commission over memoir<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3915750\/aaf-trump-heritage-pressure-campaign-indiana\/\">Conservative advocacy group slams Trump and Heritage pressure campaign over Indiana redistricting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3915188\/indiana-senate-rejects-redistricting-bid-despite-trump-pressure\/\">Indiana Senate strikes down redistricting bid despite intense pressure from Trump and allies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters are seen through a window in the Senate Chamber during dissuasion before a vote to redistrict the state&rsquo;s congressional map, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo\/Michael Conroy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, the Indiana&nbsp;Senate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3915188\/indiana-senate-rejects-redistricting-bid-despite-trump-pressure\/\">rejected a bill<\/a> that would have wiped Democratic representation&nbsp;from their state&nbsp;in Congress clean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming no vote, despite Republicans having a supermajority in the state Senate, capped off a bitter state fight for control that has spurred&nbsp;violent threats, doxxing incidents, nasty name-calling, and has changed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/budget-and-international-headaches-already-compounding-for-eventual-house-speaker\/\" title=\"Budget and international issues already piling up for future House speaker.\">political landscape ahead<\/a> of next year&rsquo;s midterm elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am very disappointed that a small group of misguided State Senators have partnered with Democrats to reject this opportunity to protect Hoosiers with fair maps and to reject the leadership of President Trump. Ultimately, decisions like this carry political consequences,&rdquo; Braun wrote on social media, adding that he would be working with Trump to &ldquo;challenge these people who do not represent the best interests of Hoosiers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am very disappointed that a small group of misguided State Senators have partnered with Democrats to reject this opportunity to protect Hoosiers with fair maps and to reject the leadership of President Trump. Ultimately, decisions like this carry political consequences. I will&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovBraun\/status\/1999234066680512867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;&ldquo;small group of misguided senators&rdquo; was actually a fairly large group. Indiana senators voted&nbsp;against the map 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The failure to get the congressional redraw over the finish line was seen as a massive failure for Braun as well as the White House, which launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powell-risks-trumps-wrath-with-fed-interest-rate-decision\/\" title=\"Powell risks ...s wrath with Fed interest rate decision\">monthslong pressure campaign<\/a> on Indiana lawmakers to fall in line&nbsp;and pass it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The state House made quick work of it, first sailing through the elections committee and then passing in front of the full House. The bill hit a massive, but expected, snag&nbsp;in the Senate. Lawmakers warned Braun they didn&rsquo;t have the votes to pass the bill, but the governor, who headlined a White House Christmas party over the weekend where he promised Trump he could deliver a win, kept piling on the pressure.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Braun carried President Donald Trump&rsquo;s torch to redraw Indiana&rsquo;s congressional map and asked the Indiana General Assembly to pass it for him,&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>Indianapolis Star&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/james-briggs\/2025\/12\/12\/braun-redistricting-trump-senators\/87727524007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z11xx66p119350c119350d00----v11xx66d--73--b--73--&amp;gca-ft=178&amp;gca-ds=sophi\">opinion writer<\/a> James Briggs said.&nbsp;&ldquo;The Senate told him no. Braun begged the Senate to show up and defeat him in person. The Senate obliged.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Briggs said Braun&rsquo;s threats to primary Republicans were laughable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Does Gov. Mike Braun even take himself seriously?&rdquo; Briggs said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s threatening senators who just crushed him 31-19 while&nbsp;the nation watched.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Braun isn&rsquo;t the only one making threats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Republican Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding if state lawmakers rejected the GOP-favored congressional map, which had been unveiled less than two weeks ago and drawn up by someone who didn&rsquo;t live in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump admin was VERY clear about this,&rdquo; Beckwith said in a now-deleted post, on X. &ldquo;They told&nbsp;many lawmakers, Cabinet members and [Braun] 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&rsquo;d oblige.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He told <em>Politico Playbook <\/em>there were&nbsp;&ldquo;conversations&rdquo; with the White House about the possibility of a new Department of Agriculture center&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/Q3\/new-usda-location-in-indianapolis-to-complement-purdue-agricultural-research-programs\/\">planned for the state&nbsp;<\/a>getting axed if the redistricting bill fell through. And he &ldquo;suspects&rdquo; the Trump administration will now look to other states to partner with first instead of the Hoosier state, although he denied the president made a &ldquo;threat.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, these conversations happened,&rdquo; the lieutenant governor said. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s not a threat. It&rsquo;s an honest conversation about who does the WH want to partner with. There are 49 other states competing for all kinds of projects. Indiana told the WH today they don&rsquo;t want to be a good partner to the Trump Admin, and I suspect the WH will look to partner with other states before us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other groups, such as Heritage Action, also weighed in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; the organization, which is a&nbsp;sister organization of the Heritage Foundation, posted on X ahead of the vote. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3916203\/lieutenant-governor-trump-administration-indiana-redistricting-failure\/\">LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WARNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WON&rsquo;T SEE INDIANA AS &lsquo;GOOD PARTNER&rsquo; AFTER REDISTRICTING FAILURE <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Garry South, a top Democratic strategist, told the&nbsp;<em>Washington&nbsp;Examiner<\/em> that the threats are likely to have little effect.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Indiana vote was a big middle finger to Trump by Republican legislators, no other way to view it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Maybe &mdash;hopefully&mdash; it&rsquo;s the start of a trend.&rdquo;<\/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>Indiana governor vows to primary GOP rebels, but faces challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2520633,"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\/INDIANAPROTESTMAPS.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46571,16985,56924],"class_list":["post-2520632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mike-braun","tag-redistricting","tag-republican-primary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/INDIANAPROTESTMAPS.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520632","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520636,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520632\/revisions\/2520636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}