{"id":2520827,"date":"2025-12-13T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-help-primary-anti-redistricting-indiana-republicans\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:26:10","slug":"trump-vows-to-help-primary-anti-redistricting-indiana-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-help-primary-anti-redistricting-indiana-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to help primary anti-redistricting Indiana Republicans"},"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\">16<\/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-vows-to-help-primary-anti-redistricting-indiana-republicans%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=2520827&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>Former President Donald Trump criticized Indiana Senate Republican leader Rodric Bray and pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-groups-issue-tepid-responses-to-tlaibs-accusations-of-israeli-apartheid\/\" title=\"Jewish Groups Issue Tepid Responses To Tlaib\u2019s Accusations Of Israeli \u2018Apartheid\u2019\">support primary challengers<\/a> against Republicans who opposed a GOP-favorable redistricting bill. The Indiana Senate recently rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mid-decade redistricting proposal<\/a> that would have created two additional Republican-leaning congressional districts, ensuring GOP control of all nine districts in the state.Trump expressed disappointment over the failure, calling Bray a &#8220;loser&#8221; and saying those who voted against the redistricting should be &#8220;primaried&#8221; with his assistance. Indiana Governor Mike Braun echoed Trump&#8217;s stance, promising to work with him to challenge lawmakers who blocked the bill, arguing they betrayed GOP interests and the voters. Bray faces a primary election in 2028 amid the growing intra-party unrest.  <\/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 lashes out at &lsquo;loser&rsquo; Rod Bray, vows to help primary anti-redistricting Indiana Republicans<\/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> once again attacked the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\">Indiana<\/a> Senate Republican leader after the state body voted down a mid-decade <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a> bill.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115710698623079249\">Truth Social message<\/a> posted early Saturday, Trump vowed to primary Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray and other Republicans who opposed the GOP-friendly congressional map.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3916797\/trump-tribute-miracle-on-ice-hockey-team-digs-somalis-minnesota\/\">Trump dons cowboy hat and pays tribute to &#8216;Miracle on Ice&#8217; hockey team as he makes digs at Somalis in Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3916652\/trump-wants-next-fed-chair-consult-with-him-interest-rates\/\">Trump wants next Fed chair to consult with him on interest rates and get them down to 1%<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3916500\/trump-signs-emergency-declaration-after-thousands-evacuated-washington-floods\/\">Trump signs emergency declaration after thousands evacuated during Washington floods<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans in the Indiana State Senate, who voted against a Majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, should be ashamed of themselves,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Headed by a total loser named Rod Bray, every one of these people should be &lsquo;primaried,&rsquo; and I will be there to help! Indiana, which I won big, is the only state in the Union to do this!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3914481\/trump-attacks-indiana-republican-leader-day-before-final-redistricting-vote\/\">previously indicated<\/a> he would help primary anti-redistricting Indiana Republicans if the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-efforts-underway-after-utah-judge-tosses-congressional-map-for-one-that-favors-democrats\/\" title=\"Impeachment Efforts Underway After Utah Judge Tosses Congressional Map for One That Favors Democrats\">map didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t pass. Out of 40 Republicans, 21 joined all 10 Democrats in the state&rsquo;s 50-seat upper chamber in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3915188\/indiana-senate-rejects-redistricting-bid-despite-trump-pressure\/\">rejecting the measure<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The map would have created two more GOP-leaning House seats in Indiana, so that Republicans would have had an advantage in all nine congressional districts. Reps. Andre Carson (D-IN) and Frank Mrvan (D-IN) are the two sole Democrats in the state&rsquo;s congressional delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was disappointed by the outcome of the vote after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> pressured Indiana Republicans in the state legislature to get behind his nationwide redistricting push. The Indiana House supported the bill last week before the Indiana Senate struck it down.<\/p>\n<p>The president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915829\/trump-indiana-redistricting-effort-bill-fails\/\">insisted<\/a> he &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t very much involved&rdquo; in the redistricting pressure campaign while again taking aim at Bray.<\/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,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll probably lose his next primary, whenever that is. I hope he does, because he&rsquo;s done a tremendous disservice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added anyone who wants to challenge Bray in an upcoming primary would receive his support.<\/p>\n<p>Bray is next up for a primary reelection in May 2028.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3916372\/indiana-governor-mike-braun-primary-republicans-voted-against-redistricting\/\">INDIANA GOVERNOR VOWS TO PRIMARY REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST REDISTRICTING &mdash; BUT IT WON&rsquo;T BE EASY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Siding with Trump on the redistricting issue, Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-braun\/\">Mike Braun<\/a> (R-IN) intends to work with the president on helping primary state lawmakers who cost the Republican Party two more House seats.<\/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,&rdquo; Braun <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovBraun\/status\/1999234066680512867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1999234066680512867%7Ctwgr%5Ebd0971bf51e8f9af156248e34abe7091c286546d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2F3916372%2Findiana-governor-mike-braun-primary-republicans-voted-against-redistricting%2F\">wrote on X<\/a> after Thursday&rsquo;s vote. &ldquo;Ultimately, decisions like this carry political consequences. I will be working with the President to challenge these people who do not represent the best interests of Hoosiers.&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>Trump blasts Rod Bray, pledges to back primary challengers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2520828,"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\/image-collage-zw5oaukjf-1765633601562-e1765633713926.jpg?1765615679&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7006,4909,16985,3756,3634],"class_list":["post-2520827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-indiana","tag-primary","tag-redistricting","tag-republicans","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-zw5oaukjf-1765633601562-e1765633713926.jpg?1765615679&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520827","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520831,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520827\/revisions\/2520831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}