{"id":16,"date":"2026-05-18T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:36:18","slug":"scs-mcmaster-denies-quid-pro-quo-in-calling-special-session-to-allow-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"SC\u2019s McMaster denies quid pro quo in calling special session to allow redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Henry McMaster denied any quid pro quo in calling a special session for redistricting in order to help Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette win President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=14\">Swimmer \u2018yelling for help\u2019 was being pushed by wind towards dam, NC rescuers say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>While speaking to news media in Summerville, McMaster responded to speculation that the White House pressured the governor into calling the special session and, in return, the president would support Evette\u2019s bid for governor.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is it has nothing to do with that,\u201d McMaster said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster said he has not spoken to Trump about the redistricting and denied caving to pressure from the White House or the president.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster previously told the White House that state officials had no plans to take up redistricting. The attitude changed after the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Louisiana map, which created a second majority minority district.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster has since said the state should review whether the state\u2019s map meet constitutional muster. The U.S. Supreme Court and the state Supreme Court have given their blessings to South Carolina\u2019s congressional map, which was drawn as a partisan gerrymander. Republicans hold six of the state\u2019s seven congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to be sure that what we have now is right,\u201d McMaster said. \u201cWe wanna be sure and we believe it is, I believe it is \u2026 it was upheld by the Supreme Court once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster added if the current map was challenged under the Calais decision, he believes the map would be upheld.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something that needs to be determined, and then you get into the question (of) can we represent our state better with different districts? I think the answer is yes,\u201d McMaster said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Also, lawmakers are under a time pressure if they want to get new congressional maps adopted, which would include moving the congressional primaries to August. Primary elections this year are June 9, with in-person early voting starting May 26. Mail-in absentee ballots have already gone out and hundreds have been returned.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not done yet. It might not get done. A lot of people (are) counting on it getting done,\u201d McMaster said. \u201cBut it takes a while even when you have a very determined legislature, you have to follow certain rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The redistricting push comes as state House Republicans want to redraw the state\u2019s congressional map to go from a 6-1 map to a 7-0 map, with the GOP holding all the state\u2019s U.S. House seats. Trump wants GOP led states to redistrict in the middle of the decade to limit expected midterms losses.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=12\">SC\u2019s Lindsey Graham would give up job to keep Iran from having nuclear weapon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Trump had reached out to several members of the state Senate to get the chamber to agree to take up redistricting without needing the governor to call back lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster was able to call the special session, which began Friday, because lawmakers ended their annual session Thursday without finalizing a budget and did not come to a sine die agreement, which would limit what lawmakers could take up.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>With the governor calling them back, lawmakers can take up any issue they want.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As the start of the special session Friday, security was heightened around the State House, with more uniformed officers present.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, demonstrators against a redraw held a rally outside the State House. The first day of the special session also attracted a high profile national Democrat.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, and potential 2028 presidential candidate, spoke outside the chambers about the moves to redraw the maps that are intended to oust South Carolina\u2019s only Democratic member of congress, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going on here with redistricting and trying to take away this district from Jim Clyburn and create districts where there will be no black representation is outrageous, and it\u2019s wrong, and it\u2019s un-American to do this,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The debate in the House is expected to take days, lawmakers said, as they expect many hours on the floor Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s opening remarks included criticism of the quick process undertaken by the Republicans in the House, who hold a supermajority.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether or not we will vote for this has been a sham,\u201d said state Rep. Justin Bamberg, D-Bamberg. \u201cHonesty, integrity, and honor, virtues that many say they have, but I implore the people of this state in the world to look at the actions, not the words, because this entire process has been a sham in the actions, and the truth doesn\u2019t match the words. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=11\">New houses are going up across the Midlands. These are the latest developments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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