Republican-led South Carolina Senate Rejects President Trump’s Call to Redraw Congressional Maps
The 20-24 vote halted a plan to redraw all seven House districts and force new primaries after early voting had already begun, officials said.
- 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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The attempt to cut constituencies in favor of Republican candidates has thus failed in two states led by Trump's party, and the decisions are a setback for the US President.
U.S. President Trump has suffered defeats in the dispute over constituency cuts that favor his Republicans. In South Carolina, democratic and Republican senators blocked a new constituency division. In Alabama, a court stopped a reorder.
In South Carolina, Republicans oppose a new electoral map, a court intervenes in Alabama, a setback for Trump in the struggle for the majority in the House of Representatives.
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
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