Jim Clyburn says Joe Biden deserves more credit than he gets ahead of visit to SC HBCU [View all]

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said President Joe Biden deserves more credit than he receives in South Carolina, days before Biden is due to return to the state for the first time since he won the 2020 presidential primary.

“He’s deserving of a lot more credit from South Carolinians than he will ever get and I suspect that’s because he has a ‘D’ behind his name,” Clyburn told reporters Wednesday, referring to Biden’s party affiliation.

He said Biden deserves credit, in part, for sending millions of dollars in federal cash to the state for infrastructure, broadband and harbor deepening needs.

“Joe Biden has a great relationship with this state,” Clyburn said, “and this state should be showing a little more love for him than it currently is.”

Biden is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at S.C. State University’s graduation ceremony Friday, where Clyburn will receive his diploma in hand on the 60th anniversary of his graduation from the university. Clyburn was originally slated to be the keynote speaker, but asked Biden to deliver the keynote instead.

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