South Carolina Dixiecrats Tank Effort to Gain a Congressional Seat, Voting With the Declared Democrats to Kill It

Indiana redux.

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The South Carolina Senate has rejected extending the legislative session for redistricting.

Unless Gov. McMaster calls a special session, the current congressional map, including Rep. Clyburn’s Democratic-leaning district, will remain in place.

Many South Carolina "Republicans" remain old south Democrats.

And they just showed that once again.

A group of South Carolina Republican state senators broke with their party to thwart a redistricting effort that would eliminate the Palmetto State's sole Democratic district.

Though the measure received 29 votes in favor and a mere 17 against, it did not clear the threshold for passage. State Sens. Sean Bennett, Chip Campsen, Tom Davis, Greg Hembree, and Shane Massey joined Democrats in opposing the measure.

The failure of the Tuesday vote significantly narrows the pathway for state lawmakers to redistrict in time for the midterms, though the governor could call a special session of the legislature.

One of the RINOs admitted he just didn't like Republicans having so much power and claims the "number one" ambition of the "founders" was to "diffuse" power.

Matt Rice @matt____rice

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As of now, three Republican South Carolina state senators are opposed to redistricting. It takes 4 to block the resolution allowing lawmakers to proceed with redistricting.

- Massey
- Rankin
- Campsen

Campsen says the founders' "number one" principle was to "diffuse" political power among the states.

Look at the RINOs spam out completely-insincere excuses for why they remain loyal Democrats:

Adam Morgan @RepAdamMorgan

🚨Senator Massey claims redistricting is a threat to state sovereignty.

Claims @realDonaldTrump is abusing his power and overreaching into SC!

Insane that a Republican would say this. And a blatant lie.

The President only recently weighed into the debate and by Massey's own admissions didn't unduly pressure.

The movement to redistrict originated from grassroots South Carolina conservatives!
Legislators in the @SCFreedomCaucus filed to bill to redistrict in January! Grassroots leaders like @ImFiredUp2 and myself, conservative media like @CharlieOnAir and @TaraServatius, and statewide figures like @RalphNorman have been relentless in pushing to fix this unconstitutional district for months especially since the SCOTUS ruling.

Make no mistake--South Carolinians are the ones demanding to follow the constitution and right this wrong.

And "Republican" senators spouting Clyburn's talking points and attacking their constituents and President Trump need to be thrown out of office.

Redistrict NOW!

Trump wanted you to do this so this is a threat to "state sovereignty" ? How about your own voters demanding it? Are they a threat to "state sovereignty" too?

This guy also lied and claimed he was blocking it to help Republicans win seats. He claimed, based on nothing, that if you changed the districts Democrats would still win one and could even win an extra seat.

But a tweet I linked earlier showed that the new districts would all have commanding advantages in GOP voters, ranging from +11 to +26.

In other words, he's lying, and he can't give his real reason, which is that he is, was, and always will be a dirty Dixiecrat loyal to the Democrat Party. It just became too hard to win in SC as an open Democrat.

Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins

Unacceptable.

South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (@shanemassey) is once again standing in the way of conservative priorities by trying to block redistricting legislation, just like he's spent this year blocking @SFLAction backed pro-life legislation from even being brought up for a vote.

@POTUS has made it clear that Republicans must fight back from the Left's power grab and redistricting efforts.

It's time for Sen. Massey to stop obstructing, listen to the people of South Carolina, protect Congress from a Leftist takeover that wants to stack the Supreme Court and legalize taxpayer-funded abortions up until birth, and stand with the pro-life movement instead of against it.

Now I think they needed a supermajority to extend the legislative session, but if the governor calls a special session, a majority will suffice. I think.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:34 PM

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