Rep. Jim Clyburn (D) is working with Republicans to ensure “30,000 Black voters” are elected to the 2024 district in order to maintain “control” of the South Carolina district. He fired back at a 2023 report that claimed he worked with Republicans to recall him to the district. He said there was “absolutely no truth” about the election.
“ProPublica says you can actually improve your district by working with Republicans on this map to ensure that 30,000 black voters move from nearby battleground districts to your district. “They reported that they worked together to maintain a firmer grip. Was that true?” NBC News host Kristen Welker asked Cliburn.
“No, not at all,” Clyburn said. “If someone picked up the phone and said, ‘Hey, we’re going to draw these lines, do you have any suggestions?’ I made a suggestion,” he said. “And I didn’t ask for my district to be a minority district. And that’s the reality. People don’t want me to announce that I have a majority minority district. It goes on and on, but that’s absolutely not true. Check the numbers.”
A federal court in South Carolina ruled Thursday that this year’s legislative elections in South Carolina are already unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, as time runs out before voting deadlines and no decisions have been made on maps. The court ruled that it would be carried out under the Litigation by the Supreme Court.
Congressman James Clyburn joined “Meet the Press” on Sunday, March 31, 2024.
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A panel of three South Carolina federal judges wrote that “while the primary process is rapidly approaching, the appeal to the Supreme Court is still pending and there is no remedial plan in place. , ideals must yield to reality.”
The case hinges on South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, currently held by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace. Last year, the same three-judge panel found that South Carolina had used race as a proxy for partisan affiliation in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ordered South Carolina to redraw the area from the United States to Hilton Head Island. to the constitution.
Clyburn said people have been misrepresenting what happened and it’s been going on for years.
“Yes, I made a suggestion. Did they follow my suggestion? Absolutely not. So to say you talked to me and there was an agreement is absolutely not true.” He continued, adding that reporters were trying to make “headlines” rather than “advance” the story.
Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, DS.C., is 82 years old. He has represented South Carolina since 1993. (Brian Stokes/Getty Images)
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ProPublica claimed in 2023 that Clyburn sent aide Dalton Tresvant to meet with state Republicans about a new congressional map. The report argued that Clyburn’s proposed map would benefit his standing in his own district and Republicans in neighboring districts.
“Some of Tresvant’s proposals appealed to Republicans. The sketch added black voters to Clyburn’s district and removed parts of the predominantly white Republican-leaning district. Months has kept Tresvant’s map classified while it moves through the redistricting process,” ProPublica reported.
According to ProPublica, a spokesperson previously confirmed that they had “conducted discussions regarding the boundaries of the 6th Congressional District.”
House Majority Jim Clyburn listens to the testimony of 4th Circuit Judge nominee DeAndrea Gist Benjamin of South Carolina during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Party leader. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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After the Republican-led South Carolina Legislature redistricted the district, civil rights groups quickly filed a lawsuit accusing the state Legislature of choosing “probably the worst option of available maps” for black voters. , and claimed that the district had been made into a district to exclude black voters. A safer seat for Republicans.
Last year, the same three-judge panel that issued Thursday’s order concluded that the South Carolina General Assembly had “purged” 30,000 Democratic-leaning black voters from the 1st Congressional District to protect Mace. . The state appealed the ruling, and the Supreme Court heard arguments in October but has not yet issued a ruling.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
