James Clyburn on Redistricting in S.C.: There Is Something ‘Fundamentally Wrong’ When They Say Drawing a 45% African-American District Is Not Okay

CLYBURN: “That’s an overrepresentation of white people in South Carolina. And so you’ve got these 75% white districts, and that’s okay. And you draw a 45% African-American district, and that’s not okay. There’s something fundamentally wrong with that. And I spoke with some Democrats and Republicans who just feel that what they did up in Washington when they sent that map down here was just disrespectful.”

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James Clyburn on Redistricting in S.C.: There Is Something ‘Fundamentally Wrong’ When They Say Drawing a 45% African-American District Is Not Okay‘That’s an overrepresentation of white people in South Carolina’News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:CLYBURN: “That’s an overrepresentation of white people in South Carolina. And so you’ve got these 75% white districts, and that’s okay. And you draw a 45% African-American district, and that’s not okay. There’s something fundamentally wrong with that. And I spoke with some Democrats and Republicans who just feel that what they did up in Washington when they sent that map down here was just disrespectful.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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