GOP Senator Swatted Hours After Heโs Branded โRINOโ By Trump
President Donald Trump is threatening to primary Indiana Republicans for declining to gerrymander the state and add GOP seats to Congress.
The president has repeatedly urged GOP-led states like Indiana to redistrict and give Republicans an advantage in the 2026 midterms.
Trump took to Truth Social Sunday to put โRINO Senatorsโ on notice for โdeprivingโ Republicans of a House majority.
โVery disappointed in Indiana State Senate Republicans, led by RINO Senatorsย Rod Brayย andย Greg Goode, for not wanting to redistrict their State, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats,โ Trump wrote.
โThe Democrats have done redistricting for years, often illegally, and all other appropriate Republican States have done it. Because of these two politically correct type โgentlemen,โ and a few others, they could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the House, A VERY BIG DEAL!โ
Trump took a shot at Californiaโs Prop 50 redistricting measure that passed overwhelmingly and allows the state to redraw congressional districts in favor of Democrats. Prop 50 was proposed after Texas approved redistricting in favor of Republicans.
โCalifornia is trying to pick up five seats, and no one is complaining about that. Itโs weak โRepublicansโ that cause our Country such problems โ Itโs why we have crazy Policies and Ideas that are so bad for America,โ Trump wrote, continuing:
Also, a friend of mine, Governorย Mike Braun, perhaps, is not working the way he should to get the necessary Votes. Considering that Mike wouldnโt be Governor without me (Not even close!), is disappointing! Any Republican that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED. Indiana is a State with strong, smart, and patriotic people. They want us to see our Country WIN, and want to, โMAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!โ Senators Bray, Goode, and the others to be released to the public later this afternoon, should DO THEIR JOB, AND DO IT NOW! If not, letโs get them out of office, ASAP.
The Indiana state lawmaker was the target of a โswattingโ incident just hours later, according to local authorities.
Sheriffย Derek Fellย said deputies were dispatched around 5 p.m. on Sunday after Terre Haute police received an email โadvising harm had been done to persons inside a home, located in southeastern Vigo County.โ Officers struggled to make contact at first, Fell said, but eventually confirmed the residents, including the senator, were safe.
Goode and his family โwere secure, safe, and unharmed,โ Fell said, adding that an investigation showed the threat was a hoax, โalso known as โswatting.’โ
In a brief statement, the senator said he and his family were โvictims,โ offering thanks to the sheriff and Terre Haute Police Chiefย Kevin Barrettย for their โprofessionalism.โ
The incident lands amid a tense and unusually public fight over redistricting in Indiana. GOP leaders froze the process on Friday when Senate President Pro Temporeย Rodric Brayย refused to reconvene lawmakers to draw new maps favoring Republicans.
Earlier Sunday, Trump threatened to publish a list of GOP holdouts โlater this afternoon,โ though the promised names did not emerge.
















