Key Highlights
- For months, the president waged an aggressive effort to twist the arms of Indiana lawmakers into supporting a new congressional map, sending JD Vance to meet in person with lawmakers.
- Trump allies also set up outside groups to pressure state lawmakers. Heritage Action, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation, which has close ties to the Trump administration, issued a dramatic threat this week ahead of the vote: if the new map wasn’t passed, Indiana would lose federal funding.
- “Roads will not be paved.
- Guard bases will close.
- Major projects will stop.
