South Carolina Senate Leader Warns Against Redrawing Map Amid White House Influence Claims
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But Massey, a Republican from Edgefield and the South Carolina Senate’s top GOP leader, delivered a lengthy floor speech opposing the effort and warning that redrawing the map could backfire politically. “I believe that our state is stronger with vibrant parties,” Massey said. “Republicans are stronger when the Democrat Party is vibrant and viable.”
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HuffPostSouth Carolina weighs political risks of redistricting The Republican push for South Carolina to join the national redistricting battle by redrawing its U.S. House map fizzled Tuesday as an initial vote in the state Senate fell short.
The Guardian USTrump news at a glance: despite presidential pressure, some Republicans in South Carolina take stand against redistricting
Washington ExaminerSouth Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, a Republican, voted against the redistricting measure. Massey said in a speech on the upper chamber floor that the numbers in the proposal were not reliable enough and that the margin numbers “keep changing.” He called the push for a 7-0 margin “extremely risky.”
Fox NewsA handful of Republican state senators in South Carolina on Tuesday derailed an effort in the GOP-dominated legislature to redraw their state's congressional district map which aims to erase the only Democrat-dominated U.S. House seat ahead of the midterm elections.
BreitbartThe Republican leader of South Carolina’s state Senate defied President Donald Trump and voted against a redistricting effort that could have slashed the state’s only Democrat-led congressional district, arguing that “South Carolina is stronger when we have a vibrant Democratic Party.”
PBS NewsHourTrump's redistricting push falters in South Carolina Senate but notches a win in Missouri's top court South Carolina senators defied his push Tuesday, while Missouri's top court upheld a new map backed by Trump that could benefit Republicans in the midterm elections.
NBC NewsTuesday’s vote also came one week after five Indiana state senators who voted against a Trump-backed redistricting plan last year lost their Republican primaries to challenges endorsed by the president. In South Carolina, state senators aren’t up for re-election until 2028.
New York Post“We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already,” South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R), who voted against redistricting, argued in the state capitol.
The HillSouth Carolina Republicans decline to consider redistricting in blow to Trump South Carolina’s Senate on Monday declined to extend its legislative calendar to consider drawing new GOP-favored congressional lines, dealing a blow to President Trump before the midterms this fall. The measure failed via a 29-17 vote after Trump on Monday urged Republicans to back the extension. “South Carolina Republicans: BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS, just like…
PoliticoSouth Carolina Republicans tank redistricting, for now Tuesday’s vote doesn’t mark a definitive end for efforts to redraw the state’s maps — but it does make it harder to accomplish this year.
New York TimesThe South Carolina Republican Who Defied Trump on Redistricting Politicians are fighting viciously for power, said Shane Massey, leader of the State Senate. “To what end?” he asked, warning of eroding fundamental American values. “I’m voting no.”
ReutersRepublicans in South Carolina Senate reject redistricting bid that Trump backed - Reuters Republicans in South Carolina Senate reject redistricting bid that Trump backed Reuters
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Y’all, regardless of who the president is, regardless of who’s in charge, there has to be somebody in South Carolina who can make a phone call and somebody at the White House will answer it. If we don’t have that, South Carolinians are the ones that are going to suffer because of it. The consequences of this defiance remain to be seen.
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"South Carolina has always punched above their weight," Massey said. "Doing this will diminish that influence."
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The Guardian US“South Carolina has always punched above their weight,” Massey said. “Doing this will diminish that influence.”
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01 The Guardian US How does a Republican leader say no to Donald Trump? How do they criticize the US president’s policies without facing a social media riot, or losing their career?
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02 Breitbart The legislature has until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, to approve House-passed changes to the sine die resolution, which would state what the lawmakers can take up after that date.
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03 Fox News "Trump knows he HAS TO rig the game to keep his majority in November. And the TN GOP was willing to go along with it. It’s shameful," Cohen wrote on social media. "Next stop is the courts."
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04 Washington Examiner Kehoe celebrated the rulings as a “HUGE victory for voters” in a Tuesday statement, pinning the state’s redistricting push and values against those of blue states like California.
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05 NBC News Trump had urged the South Carolina state Senate to pass the resolution, which the state House had previously approved, in a Truth Social post Monday night.
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06 HuffPost During arguments earlier Tuesday, attorneys for voters challenging Missouri’s new map focused on changes to a Kansas City-based district long represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who previously was the city’s first Black mayor.
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