South Carolina GOP Gov. McMaster plans to call special session to redraw South Carolina House map

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South Carolina GOP Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to announce a special session on redistricting, teeing up the state legislature to pass a Republican gerrymander that would almost certainly cost Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn his seat in this year’s midterms.

Clyburn is the sole Democrat in South Carolina’s House delegation; the new map would dismantle his district, leaving the state with 7 likely red seats and no Democratic-leaning ones.

McMaster’s plan — confirmed by four people familiar with the decision, who were granted anonymity to share private details — is a reversal of his position earlier this month and follows pressure from President Donald Trump and his allies to gerrymander the state.

The looming special session comes after five Republican state senators voted with Democrats to block a measure that would have allowed them to redraw South Carolina’s districts this cycle without a call from McMaster.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/mcmaster-special-session-redistricting-south-carolina-00919106

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2. Marching orders from his cult master

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3. I hate Republicans but man do they play to win.

They are absolutely ruthless class warriors. They just don’t give a fuck. They’ll do literally anything to put one more penny into the hands of the ruling class, to take one more benefit away from the workers.

And we have people telling us not to “ask for too much, too fast.” Equal rights is too much. A little genocide is the price of doing business. Healthcare? Forgetaboutit, the country isn’t “ready.”

Republicans don’t do incrementalism, they just go for it whether anyone likes it or not.

There’s more than one lesson to be learned from all this.

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