{"id":2471647,"date":"2025-08-06T17:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norman-calls-for-south-carolina-to-oust-clyburn-with-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:26:46","slug":"norman-calls-for-south-carolina-to-oust-clyburn-with-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norman-calls-for-south-carolina-to-oust-clyburn-with-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman calls for South Carolina to oust Clyburn with redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorman-calls-for-south-carolina-to-oust-clyburn-with-redistricting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Rep. ralph Norman (R) is urging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">state legislature<\/a>, which holds Republican supermajorities, to use redistricting to challenge and perhaps remove Democratic Rep. jim Clyburn, the state&#8217;s sole Democratic congressman. Norman argues that redrawing the state&#8217;s congressional districts could increase Republican portrayal in Congress and help advance conservative agendas, including those supported by former President Donald Trump. Even though Norman respects Clyburn personally, he criticizes him for his role in helping Joe Biden win the presidency.Clyburn has represented South carolina&#8217;s Sixth Congressional District since 1993,and while the district is rated strongly Democratic (D+13),Norman believes redistricting could create more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-warn-against-moving-away-from-trump-legacy-as-gop-moves-forward\/\" title=\"...ublicans warn against moving away from Trump legacy as GOP moves forward\">competitive seats<\/a> for republicans. Norman launched his governor campaign amid a crowded GOP field, emphasizing the need for greater Republican influence in South carolina politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ralph Norman calls for South Carolina to help oust Jim Clyburn with redistricting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2198258\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South Carolina<\/a> gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3482248\/ralph-norman-2026-south-carolina-governor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rep. Ralph Norman<\/a> (R) is calling for the state to push out &ldquo;kingmaker&rdquo; Rep. Jim Clyburn (D) with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3490706\/democrats-inspiration-republican-2010-playbook-redmap-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels 0,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group\">redistricting effort<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn is the only Democrat representing South Carolina in Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3492759\/gop-mocks-house-democrats-request-hearing-trump-bls-firing-erika-mcentarfer\/\">GOP mocks House Democrats&#8217; request for a hearing on why Trump fired the BLS commissioner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3492694\/tom-homan-blasts-democrat-for-proclaiming-to-be-proud-guatemalan\/\">Tom Homan blasts Democrat for proclaiming to be &lsquo;proud Guatemalan&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3492456\/tim-burchett-appointment-marsha-blackburn-senate-seat\/\">Tim Burchett interested in appointment to Marsha Blackburn&#8217;s Senate seat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Norman said Republicans should use their supermajorities in the South Carolina State House and Senate to redraw the lines. The state legislature controls the Palmetto State&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >congressional lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have Republican supermajorities in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2025\/08\/04\/nancy-mace-announces-bid-south-carolina-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South Carolina.<\/a>&nbsp;Let&rsquo;s use them to create more competition in our congressional seats. I have no doubt Republicans can be successful in every part of our state,&rdquo; Norman told Fox News on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaks to reporters following his White House meeting as Republicans work to push President Donald Trump&rsquo;s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Norman&rsquo;s call to redistrict comes as Republican lawmakers in Texas consider a new congressional map that would add several GOP seats to the Republican majority in 2026. Several blue states are pondering responses to Texas to even the redistricting score.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina congressman launched his campaign for governor last month, joining a crowded Republican field that includes Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), state Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, and state Attorney General Alan Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina&rsquo;s congressional lines were last redrawn in 2022, but the current plan <a href=\"https:\/\/redistricting.lls.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/SC-lwv-20240729-complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">is under litigation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norman says the seat should be redrawn to increase the Republican House majority. &ldquo;That will help increase Republican control of Congress and&nbsp;help President [Donald] Trump pass his agenda.&nbsp;Every vote counts toward a conservative Speaker Mike Johnson rather than a liberal Speaker Hakeem Jeffries of New York City,&rdquo; Norman said.<\/p>\n<p>He said while he does respect Clyburn, he doesn&rsquo;t want him in office for his past support of former President Joe Biden. &ldquo;Jim Clyburn&nbsp;is a nice man, and I respect him. But he is a liberal Democrat who helped put Joe Biden in the White House,&rdquo; Norman said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not the kind of representation&nbsp;South Carolina needs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3484099\/mace-announces-campaign-south-carolina-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MACE ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clyburn has represented South Carolina&rsquo;s Sixth Congressional District since 1993 and won reelection in 2024 by around 23 points.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The&nbsp;Cook Political Report<em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/cook-pvi\/2025-partisan-voting-index\/district-map-and-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rates his district D+13<\/a>. It<\/span> comprises parts of Charleston and all of&nbsp;Allendale,&nbsp;Bamberg,&nbsp;Calhoun,&nbsp;Clarendon,&nbsp;Hampton, and&nbsp;Williamsburg&nbsp;counties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2198258\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2198258\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Norman urges SC to oust Jim Clyburn via redistricting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2471648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/norman.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[17661,60774,5894,16985,41960],"class_list":["post-2471647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-clyburn","tag-norman-2","tag-politics","tag-redistricting","tag-south-carolina"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/norman.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471651,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471647\/revisions\/2471651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}