South Carolina Senate rejects effort to tackle redistricting despite pressure from Trump

The Republican-led South Carolina state Senate rejected a measure to take up a redraw of the state’s congressional map despite pressure from President Donald Trump.

The Republican-led South Carolina state Senate rejected a measure Tuesday to take up a redraw of the state’s congressional map despite pressure from President Donald Trump.

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A resolution that would have extended the state’s legislative session, set to end this week, to tackle redistricting fell short of the two-thirds support needed, with five Republicans voting against it.

The vote shuts the door, at least for now, on Republican plans to carve up the state’s lone majority-Black district, represented by longtime Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, before the midterm elections. South Carolina’s primaries are set for June 9.