Washington, D.C. – After Governor Mike Braun and several Republican state legislators – and their families – were the targets of bomb threats, swattings, and other violent threats aimed at coercing them to back a mid-decade redraw, a new congressional gerrymander has been proposed in the Indiana General Assembly and House Republicans are set to vote on it this week.

“This new Indiana gerrymander arrives amidst an alarming and seemingly coordinated series of threats targeting lawmakers and their families over the last few weeks, including over the Thanksgiving holiday, and it should be rejected out of hand by every decent person,” said John Bisognano, President of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC). “The violent threats and intimidation campaign reveal how desperate Washington Republicans are to unfairly rig the midterm elections, in order to avoid being held accountable for increasing health care costs, housing costs, and even groceries. Indiana Republicans still have a choice: they can listen to their constituents who overwhelmingly reject this unAmerican plot, or they can take their orders from the Washington Republicans behind this mid-decade gerrymandering scheme.”

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