{"id":2607019,"date":"2026-05-26T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:02:54","slug":"by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/","title":{"rendered":"By Sabotaging Redistricting, SC GOPers Beg Voters To Fire Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fby-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip%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=2607019&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>A group of Republican state senators in South Carolina voted with Democrats to kill a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-dems-slammed-for-partisan-redistricting-effort\/\" title=\"Maryland Dems Slammed for Partisan ... ...\">proposed redistricting plan<\/a> that woudl have reshaped the state\u2019s only <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >congressional district ahead<\/a> of the 2026 midterms. Although the state House passed a new seven-district map reflecting a shift from the current six-one Republican-Democrat configuration, the GOP-controlled Senate used a cloture vote to prevent debate from ending, ensuring the earlier map would remain in place for the fall elections.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights that multiple GOP senators-including several listed by name-joined democrats in opposing cloture, along with Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, who had previously argued that Republicans perform better when democrats are politically \u201cvibrant.\u201d The piece also claims that some senators changed their votes based on arguments that it was to late to pass the plan due to upcoming primary timing, and it suggests the effort may have been arranged to fail.<\/p>\n<p>the author argues that the Republicans who blocked redistricting effectively betray voters\u2019 interests, and frames the outcome as a warning to South Carolina\u2019s GOP primary electorate.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2018_South_Carolina_State_House_(cropped).jpg\">Farragutful\/Wikimedia Commons\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/26\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/26\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/26\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/26\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/26\/by-sabotaging-redistricting-south-carolina-republicans-beg-voters-to-hand-them-the-pink-slip\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>If you were looking for a pathetic excuse for what qualifies as a \u201cstatesman\u201d these days, look no further than the so-called \u201cred state\u201d of South Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>In complete defiance of their voters\u2019 wishes, a cabal of Republican state senators sided with Democrats on Tuesday in tanking a proposal that sought to redistrict South Carolina\u2019s lone Democrat congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Democrat seat is currently held by longtime Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jim-clyburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jim Clyburn<\/a>, a former member of the U.S. House Democrats\u2019 leadership team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-730731147\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a 20-24 cloture vote, the GOP-controlled state Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/news\/politics\/south-carolina-politics\/south-carolina-senate-kills-redistricting\/101-d3e0510b-8ca1-4476-8b5a-e1f80c5c4380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a> against \u201climit[ing] debate and forc[ing] a final vote\u201d on the proposed seven Republican-zero Democrat map, thereby guaranteeing the state\u2019s current six Republican-one Democrat map will be used in the fall elections, according to local media. The state House successfully passed the newly proposed map last week.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 12 South Carolina Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/south-carolina-republicans-deal-redistricting-blow-to-trump-full-list-11994923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">side<\/a> with Democrats on the cloture vote are Sens. Sean Bennett, Chip Campsen, Richard Cash, Ronnie Cromer, Tom Davis, Greg Hembree, Michael Johnson, Harvey Peeler, Luke Rankin, Everett Stubbs, and Jeff Zell. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey \u2014 who previously justified his opposition to redistricting by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/15\/as-dems-plan-to-overthrow-scotus-and-electoral-college-red-states-botch-redistricting-to-avoid-looking-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a> \u201cRepublicans are stronger when the Democrat Party is vibrant and viable\u201d \u2014 also voted against the cloture motion.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/news\/politics\/south-carolina-politics\/south-carolina-senate-kills-redistricting\/101-d3e0510b-8ca1-4476-8b5a-e1f80c5c4380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local media<\/a>, several GOP senators \u201cwho had previously supported the redistricting effort changed their votes Tuesday,\u201d referencing Democrat talking points that early voting for the state\u2019s primaries began on Tuesday, and therefore, it was too late to pass the new map before the 2026 midterms. Given that the proposed measure would have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/south-carolinas-redistricting-effort-fails-state-senate-gop-opposition-rcna346962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postponed<\/a> primaries for the affected U.S. House districts to later this year, former South Carolina Freedom Caucus member and Rep. Adam Morgan hypothesized that the entire gambit \u201cwas a set up\u201d designed to fail from the start.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"5qZ4UxJKZUSf9MwNgO1nbSHiQste2chjPY6OulcRp9JbsLmewPtQWGah4zVXAn0LBfGgoAqxEVj0\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Redistricting is officially dead.<br \/>IMO this was a set up. <\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t forget the R\u2019s who killed it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gi28PtcZ8i\">https:\/\/t.co\/gi28PtcZ8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAdamMorgan\/status\/2059333310636073056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But that\u2019s the entire Republican Party in a nutshell, isn\u2019t it? Whether it be at the federal or state level, too many GOP officials put on useless performances that accomplish nothing for their voters. <\/p>\n<p>Look no further than U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune. <\/p>\n<p>When he\u2019s not sending the Senate on vacations at the taxpayers\u2019 expense, he\u2019s pretending to work super-duper hard to get the SAVE America Act passed. When in actuality, he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/13\/john-failure-is-not-an-option-thune-just-failed-election-integrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doing absolutely nothing<\/a> to make sure that it does.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as Republicans thumb their noses at their voters, Democrats are busy exploiting every available mechanism of power to reward their voters and punish their political enemies. Even in so-called \u201cred states,\u201d they <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/29\/how-this-conservative-group-is-breaking-the-bureaucratic-bloat-wrecking-red-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weaponize<\/a> bureaucracies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-share-of-workers-upset-companies-are-not-calling-out-racism-more-often\/\" title=\"Many ...ers are unhappy that companies are not speaking out against racism frequently enough.\">advance left-wing ideology<\/a> in any way possible and stifle conservative governance. <\/p>\n<p>In case it wasn\u2019t obvious already, there is only one side playing to win, and \u2014 hint \u2014 it\u2019s not the Republican Party. <\/p>\n<p>What South Carolina Republicans did in tanking redistricting ahead of the midterms is nothing short of a license to GOP voters to hand them the pink slip in the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-battle-for-control-of-missouris-redistricting-map\/\" title=\"Republicans Battle for Control of Missouri\u2019s ... ...\">upcoming primary elections<\/a>. But it should also serve as a wake-up call to these same voters that, unless they begin to take self-governance seriously, their elected \u201cRepublicans\u201d will continue to stab them in the back.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. 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