A day after the Indiana Senate rejected President Donald Trump’s contentious mid-decade redistricting proposal, warnings of political and financial retaliation escalated — including public threats that the Hoosier State could lose federal funding as punishment for GOP senators’ refusal to approve the new congressional map.

President Donald Trump said Indiana Senate Republican Leader Rodric Bray will pay a political price after the Senate rejected an attempt to redraw the borders of Indiana’s congressional districts. “I heard he was against it.

Indiana redistricting battle intensifies as Trump warns Republican lawmakers they face primary challenges if they block congressional map redistricting plans.

The president and one of his sons have threatened to help primary the GOP lawmakers who vote against redistricting.

Brian A. Howey is a senior writer and columnist for Howey Politics Indiana/State Affairs. Columns such as this, published on a printed page and/or website section labeled Opinion, are solely the opinion of that person.