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Indiana Republican explains why he defied Trump and rejected congressional redistricting

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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President Trump’s push to redraw congressional maps in Republicans' favor hit a major roadblock in Indiana Thursday when Indiana Republican state senators joined Democrats to vote against a plan that would likely have created two new Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. One Republican who voted to block the maps is Indiana Sen. Mike Bohacek. He joins Geoff Bennet to discuss. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

President Trump's push to redraw congressional maps in Republicans' favor hit a major roadblock in Indiana yesterday.

0:07.4

More than 20 Indiana Republican state senators joined Democrats to vote against a plan that would likely have created two new GOP seats in the U.S. House.

0:16.4

Our congressional correspondent, Lisa Desjardin, has more.

0:20.1

After the vote in Indiana, President Trump made clear he wants political consequences for the perceived

0:26.0

lack of loyalty. Here's how I responded to news hours Liz Landers.

0:30.7

I wasn't working on it very hard. It would have been nice. I think we would have picked up two

0:34.6

seats if we did that. You had one gentleman, the head of the Senate, I guess, Bray, whatever his name is.

0:40.3

I heard he was against it.

0:42.3

It probably loses next primary, whatever that is.

0:45.3

I hope he does.

0:46.3

But because he's done a tremendous disservice.

0:48.3

I'll certainly support anybody that wants to go against it.

0:52.3

One of those Republicans who voted to block the maps is Indiana Senator Mike Boeachek, and he joins me now.

0:58.5

Senator, you voted no, but others of your fellow Republicans, a smaller group, supported the president's move.

1:04.1

Here's what one of them said.

1:05.8

When your house is on fire, you don't worry about whether or not you're traditionally holding the hose the right way.

1:17.3

You do whatever it takes to put out the fire.

1:19.9

That's a political argument.

1:22.1

Why did you disagree?

1:23.6

Why were you right?

1:24.8

Why did you vote no?

1:26.3

Sure.

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