Clyburn rips South Carolina redistricting push: 'We cannot let them succeed'

Source: The Hill

05/07/26 4:38 PM ET


Rep. James Clyburn, the lone Democrat representing South Carolina in the House, on Thursday ripped a push among Palmetto State Republicans to redraw their district lines amid pressure from President Trump.

“Republicans in the South Carolina state legislature began the process of extending their session to allow for the redrawing of the state’s congressional map — with one goal in mind: eliminating the state’s only Democratic House district that is occupied by a Democrat,” Clyburn said in a series of posts on the social platform X.

“Republicans are trying to break apart South Carolina’s 6th District. Not because voters demanded it, but because Donald Trump requested it,” the lawmaker said, adding that “we cannot let them succeed.”

Clyburn is the only Democrat among the state’s seven House lawmakers, representing the majority-Black 6th Congressional District that sprawls around Columbia and Charleston. If the red state moves forward with redrawing its map, Republicans will likely shift to a 7-0 advantage.

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