South Carolina Republicans defy Trump’s demands for redistricting
Republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw map
South Carolina state senators on Tuesday defied pressure from Donald Trump to approve plans to redraw the state’s congressional map after the US supreme court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act.
As Republicans scramble to redraw key districts after the US supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law that prevented racial discrimination, Shane Massey, the Republican majority leader in South Carolina’s senate, argued in an extraordinary address that doing so would be against the interest of his state.
The bigger issue here is republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw. That changes the calculation.
Considering republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
The fact that republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw really puts things into perspective.
Still waiting to hear what Shane Massey actually plans to do about it.
On one hand republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw. But at the same time republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw.
In other words republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw. Curious to see how this develops.
Shane Massey is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw. Meanwhile republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw.
What stands out is republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw. That is the part worth paying attention to.