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Democrat Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) on Sunday claimed to have “always” supported voter ID despite likening such election integrity measures to the era of Jim Crow.

MSNBC contributor and former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that she is starting a “new family tradition” of watching videos of the January 6 Capitol Hill riot on the Fourth of July.

Democrat Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has endorsed Shontel Brown in an Ohio congressional race instead of defunding-police candidate Nina Turner, who previously worked for and is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports” that a statue sent by South Carolina of the seventh vice president of the United States John C. Calhoun needs to be removed from Capitol’s National Statuary Hall because it is honoring slavery.

Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that Democrats were “trying” to punish former President Donald Trump for alleged crimes with a commission to investigate the Capitol riot.

Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” called on the U.S. Senate to bypass the filibuster by using the reconciliation process to protect the constitutional right of voting or America would be “going the way of the Roman empire.”

Sunday on MSNBC’s “Velshi,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) slammed Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) for voicing his opposition to eliminating the filibuster in the Senate.

Thursday on “CNN Newsroom,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (R-SC) said if the U.S. Senate failed to vote to create a so-called commission to investigate the January 6 incident, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) should consider empowering House committees or creating a select committee to investigate the incident. 

Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) has voted with her party over 99 percent of the time, according to a voting record database kept by ProPublica.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that if the Republican Party removes Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from her leadership role, it would be “classic cancel culture.”

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will not be able to block President Joe Biden’s agenda because he was a”miserable failure” at his stated goal of making former President Barack Obama a one-term president.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) letter to the Department of Education criticizing the 1619 Project and other curriculum items by saying that if schools “were to follow his lead, they’ll be turning out a lot of ignorant people.”

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of CNN’s “AC360,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that “we should stop arguing about whether or not this is a racist country. It is not.” Clyburn also said that there are

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that the biggest problem with policing is recruiting, not training, and “and we’ve got to pay better salaries. You’re not going to get good people

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that if President Joe Biden continues what he has been doing, then “we will be in a very good place by late summer and I

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) praised President Joe Biden for his Coronavirus response, despite Biden’s absence on coronavirus calls with governors.

Appearing Tuesday on Bloomberg TV, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) defended Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) remarks regarding the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. 

Sen. Rand Paul rebuked Democrat attempts to identify Republican efforts to enact state election reform with Jim Crow laws and voter suppression.

On Tuesday’s “CNN Tonight,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that while he doesn’t believe in eliminating police, he doesn’t think Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MN) call for “no more policing” is harmful and “she’s expressing her frustrations and what she

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said that Georgia’s new voting restrictions were the “new Jim Crow.”

Friday on CNN’s “New Day,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) calling for more bipartisanship in response to the January 6 Capitol riot.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) “understands there is no way under the sun that we are going to sacrifice voting rights for Democrats or all Americans, civil rights

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that no one thinks Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) “did not steal the election fair and square from Stacey Abrams.” Clyburn said, “Nobody believes that he

On Thursday’s “MSNBC Live,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said he is “satisfied” with President Joe Biden’s comments on the filibuster during his press conference earlier in the day and argued for seeing if it’s possible to exempt civil and

A hearing on Democrat control is scheduled in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at 10 a.m.

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that while he doesn’t know if President Joe Biden agrees that there should be a general exemption to the filibuster for voting rights

Appearing Wednesday on CNN’s New Day, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “ought to be ashamed of himself” for labeling aid to black farmers “reparations.’

House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s (D-SC) gun control legislation reportedly directs the Attorney General to work with a national resource center that is a Gabby Giffords’ organization partner. 

House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that there should be special exceptions where the filibuster rule does not apply to voting rights and civil rights.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that H.R. 1 “has a lot to do with redistricting. It has to do with financing campaigns. That’s got nothing to do with voting rights and

The House of Representatives is set to vote on two Democrat-sponsored gun control bills on Wednesday. 

In an interview with this week’s “The Sunday Show” on MSNBC, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) shared he intends to have the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on President Joe Biden’s desk by August.

The background check gun controls which were introduced in the House last week bring back Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) 2013 gun control push and make his support for the current legislation crucial to Democrat success.

House Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) introduced gun control legislation this week and made clear that the current push is just the “first step.”

On Friday’s “MSNBC Live,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to the Senate parliamentarian ruling that a minimum wage increase cannot be passed under reconciliation by stating that “We are not going to see the filibuster being used to

Friday, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial as a growing number of Republicans try to distance themselves from supporting Trump.