Republican-led South Carolina Senate Rejects President Trump’s Call to Redraw Congressional Maps
The measure failed 20-24, leaving early voting and June primaries in place and dealing a setback to GOP hopes of gaining another House seat.
- The Republican-controlled South Carolina Senate rejected a White House-backed plan to extend the legislative calendar and redraw the state's congressional boundaries ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
- Republican State Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey heavily criticized the proposed map, warning colleagues that a Washington-mandated gerrymander could trigger a high Black voter turnout that might backfire on the party and make competitive districts vulnerable.
- The legislative roadblock ensures that long-serving Democratic Representative Jim Clyburn will likely protect his seat in the state's sole majority-Black district, defying President Donald Trump's digital demands for local lawmakers to dismantle it.
- The GOP also faced a setback Tuesday in Alabama, where federal judges blocked a Republican-drawn map the court said 'intentionally discriminated based on race,' while Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Redistricting Foundation, warned the 'fight for justice is far from over' nationwide.
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Despite the Republican majority in the South Carolina Senate, a new constituency card was rejected there. Donald Trump had put pressure on several times before the vote.
News Wrap: South Carolina Senate rejects redistricting push
In our news wrap Tuesday, South Carolina's Senate rejected a push from President Trump to redraw its congressional maps to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black district, a federal court in Alabama is temporarily blocking a plan that would eliminate one of two majority-Black districts and Washington authorities say an undisclosed number of people died when a chemical tank imploded.
The announcement from the US capital was unmistakable: South Carolina is also supposed to cut constituencies in such a way that Republicans win. But again there is resistance in its own ranks – and now the plan is off the table.
South Carolina Republican marks 'death knell' for Trump’s election scheme
Republican Richard J. Cash, who has been serving in the South Carolina State Senate since 2017, is decidedly conservative. But according to South Carolina Post and Courier reporter Nick Reynolds, Cash "may have just marked the death knell for redistricting" in his state.South Carolina, a deep red state, is facing a major gerrymandering push from Republicans, including President Donald Trump. And Democratic critics of redistricting plans in South…
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