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  South Carolina Republicans Are Redrawing the Rules to Stay in Power Brandon Brown for SC May 10 South Carolina Republicans are once again trying to rig the rules because they are afraid of the voters. This week, the South Carolina legislature moved forward with efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps in the middle of the decade, not because communities asked for it, not because the census changed, but because Donald Trump and his allies believe manipulating district lines can help them hold onto power in Washington. Republican lawmakers in Columbia are openly discussing redrawing South Carolina’s congressional districts after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened protections for majority-Black districts under the Voting Rights Act.   Let’s call this what it is: an attack on democracy. The target is obvious. South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, represented by Congressman Jim Clyburn and home to large numbers of Black voters, is now at the center of a co...