Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said the Trump administration threatened the state if the Republican-controlled legislature failed to gerrymander its congressional map.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said the Trump administration will likely pull certain federal support from the state in retaliation for GOP lawmakers bucking the White House on a redistricting vote.

The bill needs 25 votes for passage, and a tie would be broken by Republican Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, who favors redistricting.

An Indiana Republican lawmaker is pushing for a change in how lieutenant governor candidates are chosen, eliminating a possible repeat of the state party convention upset that brought fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith to power.

But Indiana’s Senate did reject the White House’s pressure campaign late Thursday, with 21 Republican senators voting against the scheme. Their rationale for doing so ranged from personal disgust with the president’s language to the personal, violent threats they endured for considering voting against the effort.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith referred to parents of families in dire economic condition as “deadbeats,” according to two local women who met with him recently.

By Marilyn Odendahl and Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 12, 2025 Speaking to NewsNation shortly after the Indiana Senate squashed the redistricting effort, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, who was an early and pugnacious supporter of redrawing the state’s congressional district map,