Trump said Thursday, Dec. 11, that he hopes Bray loses his next primary after the Indiana Senate recently rejected a congressional redistricting plan backed by the president.

The White House denies President Trump threatened Indiana lawmakers with loss of federal funds over congressional maps.

President Donald Trump shrugged off a major defeat on Thursday after Indiana Republicans rejected his redistricting push.

The rare — and forceful — show of defiance highlights the limits of Trump’s bully pulpit, months into his second term, and a unique dynamic in which local elected officials who were in office long before Trump began his political career were largely unmoved by national political machinations.