President Donald Trump's efforts to expand his redistricting push to Indiana are looking more likely to succeed after a series of high-profile meetings at the White House with Hoosiers on Tuesday.
Vice President JD Vance urged more than 55 Indiana Republicans to push forward with redistricting during a long-planned meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, according to three people familiar with the matter and, like others in this article, was given anonymity to discuss a politically sensitive meeting.
Trump then met privately in the Oval Office with Indiana House Speaker President Todd Huston and Senate President Rodric Bray, according to a White House official familiar with the meeting.
“It feels like the tide is starting to turn as Indiana Republican legislators are starting to understand they can deliver a huge win that Trump and his team will not forget,” said one Hoosier Republican who was in the larger meeting.
Vance spoke to the lawmakers specifically about redistricting, telling them they have an opportunity to “fight and support Republicans and be real Republicans,” the White House official said.
“You could see the room coming around to the idea hearing from the vice president,” the official told POLITICO. “Some real movement from it.”
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