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President donald trump On Saturday he vowed to “remove” Indiana’s Republican Senate leader after he resisted a new congressional map the president had championed.
Trump wrote in Truth Social that Indiana Senate Majority Leader Rod Bray had “betrayed” the government. republican party after his chamber rejected a new map last month that would have created two more right-wing congressional districts in the state.
The president said he would team up with David McIntosh, a former Indiana congressman who helped found two political groups, the Federalist Society and the Club for Growth, to attack Bray.
“I was with David McIntosh of the Club for Growth and we agreed that we will both work together tirelessly to remove Indiana Senate Majority Leader Rod Bray, a total RINO, who betrayed the Republican Party, the President of the United States and everyone else who wants to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote in the post.
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State Sen. Rodric Bray, R-Indiana, speaks to members of the media at the Indiana House of Representatives in Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Kaiti Sullivan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He added: “We’re chasing you, Bray, like no one’s ever chased you before!”
McIntosh, a longtime conservative figure, said he agreed with Trump’s plan.
“President Trump and I are aligned,” he wrote on X. “Rod Bray is going down.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Bray’s office for comment.
State Sen. Rodric Bray, R-Indiana, (center), at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Kaiti Sullivan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump has launched redistricting efforts across the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections, and Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio have drawn new maps as part of the president’s effort.
In December, the Indiana Senate voted 31-19 against a new congressional map, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats in voting against the measure. If approved, the district of two Democratic representatives would have been eliminated.
The redistricting bill passed the Indiana House 57-41, with a dozen Republican lawmakers voting against the measure, but Republican leaders in the Senate had rejected the proposal. resisted Trump’s efforts to draw new congressional maps.
Bray had repeatedly said there was not enough support in the House to move forward with redistricting, but Trump continually pressured Bray and others who were on the fence before the vote, saying they “need encouragement to make the right decision.”
In a social media post on the eve of the state Senate vote, Trump criticized Bray and vowed that he would do everything in his power to oust Bray and Republicans who voted against the redistricting bill in his Republican primary.
President Donald Trump arrives at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard that the Palm Beach City Council recently voted to rename as President Donald J. Trump Boulevard at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 16, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
The president had called state parliamentarians on the bill and the vice president J. D. Vance He visited the state twice last fall to discuss redistricting.
After the Virginia State Senate Green-lighting a constitutional amendment Friday that would allow the Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw U.S. House maps before the midterm elections, Vance also took aim at Bray.
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“I would like to thank @bray_rodric for not even trying to fight this extraordinary abuse of Democratic power,” he wrote on
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
