The state Senate in Indiana voted against a redistricting map that would have helped President Donald Trump's plan to continue Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives.The president has successfully persuaded Republican-controlled legislatures in other states to redistrict their maps ahead of the midterm elections, but the effort failed in Indiana after a vote on Thursday.'Living in a free constitutional republic means we empower voters to make those decisions.'All 10 of the state Senate's Democrats and 21 Republicans voted to reject the map which had been passed by the Indiana House of Representatives. Only 19 voted in favor of redistricting. In a lengthy statement on Wednesday, the president lambasted the Indiana Republicans who had come out against the redistricting map and threatened to support primary opponents to unseat them."Anybody that votes against Redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the Republican Party in D.C., will be, I am sure, met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring," the president wrote on social media. "If Republicans will not do what is necessary to save our Country, they will eventually lose everything to the Democrats."Vice President JD Vance also criticized those Republicans after the vote."Rod Bray, the Senate leader in Indiana, has consistently told us he wouldn't fight redistricting while simultaneously whipping his members against it. That level of dishonesty cannot be rewarded, and the Indiana GOP needs to choose a side," he wrote on social media.One Republican who opposed redistricting said the voters should decide the midterm elections, not through redrawing district maps."I, like a supermajority of you, do not want to see another Democrat Speaker of the House," said Republican state Sen. Spencer Deery. "But that isn't for me to decide, and it isn't for anyone in this body to decide either. Living in a free constitutional republic means we empower voters to make those decisions."Some Republicans have reported violent threats over the redistricting debate."Unfortunately, my house was the target of a pipe bomb threat on Saturday evening. This is a result of the D.C. political pundits for redistricting," state Sen. Jean Leising said.RELATED: Supreme Court allows Texas redistricting map for midterm elections despite liberal dissent "I fear for this institution, I fear for the state of Indiana, and I fear for all states if we allow intimidation and threats to become the norm," said Republican state Sen. Greg Walker, who also claimed to have received threats about his opposition to redistricting.Now those Republicans will likely face the ire of the president in future re-election campaigns."I will do everything within my power to make sure that they will not hurt the Republican Party, and our Country, again," the president said regarding the Republican dissenters.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Unable to successfully impeach President Donald Trump, House Democrats have turned their ire against RFK Jr. — introducing impeachment articles against the Health and Human Services secretary after he “turned his back on science.”“Yes, he has turned his back on science because, by the way, Dr. Fauci is the science, and he doesn’t like Dr. Fauci. I guess maybe this is their reasoning,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales scoffs.“What is immediately obvious is the Democrats are not in power this time around. Like this is obviously not going to go anywhere. Nothing’s going to happen. This is all clearly performative,” Gonzales says.Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), the woman claiming she is impeaching RFK Jr., made a fool out of herself in 2020 yelling on the House floor while wearing latex gloves to protect herself from the COVID virus — and Gonzales hasn’t forgotten.“This is the type of person who's leading the charge to impeach RFK Jr.,” Gonzales says. “And I just, this is actually big news. I didn’t realize that we could just make up reasons to impeach people.”“And I started thinking to myself ... if we’re just making up reasons to impeach people, I think Republicans should say, ‘You know what, Democrats, we’ll play by your rules, that’s fine, that's fine. You guys make these wacky rules, and we will play by them,’” she continues.“We’re going to take that same energy and impeach some of the Democrats,” she adds.This is what has inspired Gonzales’ 12 days of impeachments — in the spirit of Christmas.“On the first day of impeachments ... who other than [Rep.] Nancy Pelosi [D-Calif.]? Now her crime? Being a drunk,” she charges.On the second day of impeachments, Gonzales would impeach Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for “the crime of marrying her brother,” and on the third day, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for the crime of “being r*****ed.”On the fourth day, Gonzales would like to see Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) impeached for the same crime as Crockett, and on the fifth day, “Pencil-neck [Sen.] Adam Schiff [D-Calif.] for the crime of mortgage fraud.”“Now I would like to be clear. He’s not actually been convicted of these crimes, but that’s OK. It doesn’t matter because you were accused of it,” she jokes.On the sixth day, “[Rep.] Jerry Nadler [D-N.Y.] for the crime of wearing his pants up to his neck,” and on the seventh, “[Rep.] Eric Swalwell [D-Calif.], for sh**ting himself on live TV, farting, I don’t know.”James Boasberg comes in at number eight, for “being a rogue judge and blocking President Trump,” and closely following Boasberg is Ketanji Brown Jackson for the crime of “being a DEI hire and not knowing what a woman is.”The tenth day is the “easiest sell,” with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) for “sedition, because he actually committed it,” with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) following on the eleventh day “for being a Temu version of Obama.”“And on the final day, we’d like Beto O’Rourke because he was an embarrassment to the state of Texas. And he looks like the wacky, wild, inflatable guy that you see at car dealerships,” Gonzales says.“I’m just saying,” she continues. “Republicans, grow some balls.”Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred takes on news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a fiery exchange with CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins over the president's recent comments admonishing Americans to buy fewer gifts this Christmas for their children.Collins pressed Leavitt on whether President Donald Trump's comments contradicted his separate claim that the economy was recovering in his second term.'Everything I'm telling you is the truth, backed by real, factual data, and you just don't want to report on it because you want to push untrue narratives about the president.'"If the economy is as strong as the president has said it is, then why is he telling parents two weeks before Christmas that they should only buy two or three dolls for their children?" Collins asked."Look, what the president is saying is that if we want products made right here in America, if we want them to be made from American small businesses, which is a large part of the reason the president has effectively implemented tariffs, then we're going to have better quality products right here in the United States," Leavitt responded. "Maybe you'll pay a dollar or two more, but you will get better quality, and you'll be supporting your fellow Americans by buying American."She went on to claim that every economic measure has gotten better under the Trump administration, and she cited inflation and gas prices."So, the best is yet to come. The president is digging our country out of the economic hole that the previous administration put us in, and that's what he's talking about," Leavitt said."We've covered the economy, but there's mixed signals in terms of what that looks like," Collins replied, adding that grocery prices have gone up during the Trump administration.When Collins kept pressing Leavitt, the press secretary accused the reporter of a double standard and reminded her of the media's complicity with the messaging from the previous administration."My predecessor was standing at this podium, but now you want to ask me a lot of questions about it, which I'm happy to answer, but I will just add, there's a lot more scrutiny on this issue from this press corps," Leavitt said.RELATED: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admits Biden's spending worsened inflation "My predecessor stood up at this podium, and she said inflation doesn't exist. She said the border was secure, and people like you just took her at her word, and those were two utter lies!" Leavitt continued. "Everything I'm telling you is the truth, backed by real, factual data, and you just don't want to report on it because you want to push untrue narratives on the president."Video of the argument was posted to social media, where it was widely circulated and viewed.Some polling has shown a loss of support for Trump's policies related to the economy as the pivotal midterm elections grow closer.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Hollywood actress lashed out at her critics after she called Charlie Kirk "hateful" in the wake of his assassination during a campus event in Utah in September. Amanda Seyfried accused her critics of misquoting her, even as she doubled down on the criticism against the late conservative activist. 'What I said was pretty damn factual, and I'm free to have an opinion, of course.'Only days after his death, Seyfriend gave a three-word response to a post of some of Kirk's comments: "He was hateful." She was hit with immediate backlash but doubled down in an interview with the "Who What Wear" digital fashion company. "I'm not f**king apologizing for that. I mean, for f**k's sake, I commented on one thing," she said. "I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes. What I said was pretty damn factual, and I'm free to have an opinion, of course." She also previously offered clarification on Instagram and accused people of taking her words out of context. "We're forgetting the nuance of humanity," she wrote. "I can get angry about misogyny and racist rhetoric and ALSO very much agree that Charlie Kirk's murder was absolutely disturbing and deplorable in every way imaginable," Seyfried added. "No one should have to experience this level of violence. This country is grieving too many senseless and violent deaths and shootings. Can we agree on that at least?" RELATED: ABC extends Jimmy Kimmel contract despite outrage over Charlie Kirk comments Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images The shocking killing of Kirk at the Utah Valley University campus stunned the nation and led to many on the right and left calling for everyone to ease the rhetoric against their political opponents. Seyfried is best known for her supporting role in the 2004 hit movie "Mean Girls." She has since starred in other movies. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!