Republican lawmakers in South Carolina rejected a proposal on Tuesday aimed at flipping the state's only House seat currently held by a Democrat—a seat long occupied by one of the most senior and influential African American political leaders in U.S. history. The decision represents at least a temporary victory for Democratic Representative Clyburn, while marking a setback for Trump, who continues to push other Republican-led states to redraw congressional district boundaries in an effort to bolster his party’s slim majority in the House of Representatives.

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