LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Indiana's governor responded Monday after President Donald Trump called out state lawmakers for not moving ahead with a vote on re-districting.

In a social media post on Nov. 17, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he talked to Trump and told him he remains committed to standing with him to pass fair maps in Indiana to ensure the his agenda is successful in Congress.

The governor called for a special session last month that would have started Nov. 3 to discuss redistricting after pressure from the Trump administration to get it done before next year's midterm elections.  

On Nov. 14, Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, a Republican, said the state Senate won't return in December to vote on redistricting due to a lack of votes.

The state's special session didn't start Nov. 3 as lawmakers worked to determine scheduling availability for the session. Senate Republicans later said the session would start during the first week of December and last two weeks.

After Bray's announcement that the Senate would not reconvene in December, Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, said the effort to redraw the state's congressional districts "should have never been considered."

In the post on his X account, Braun said the Indiana Senate is "hiding behind closed doors" and refusing to even bring re-districting to a vote.

The ACLU has called the possible re-districting an unprecedented power grab designed to weaken the votes of thousands of Hoosiers, especially in Black communities.

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