A top supporter of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) in South Carolina on Monday accused influential House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) of putting his thumb on the scale for former Vice President Joe Biden.
Ahead of a Sunday South Carolina poll that found former Vice President Joe Biden leading in the Palmetto State, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) claimed on Friday that black Democrats are not divided over former Vice President Joe Biden’s authorship of the 1994 crime bill.
Former Secretary of State and failed 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry is reportedly thinking about making another White House run, but he told the New York Times on Tuesday that he is waiting to see if former Vice President Joe Biden will officially enter the 2020 race.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that Congressional negotiators should “settle on what we can do in both chambers.” He added that some areas of the border “may” need a barrier. Clyburn said
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has nearly crushed an insurgent Democrat rebellion against her with a new deal on Wednesday that would limit her time as speaker to a maximum of four years.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday won the House Democrat leadership election to be the party’s next nominee for speaker.
Potential Democrat speakership candidate Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) says that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker who is angling to retake the gavel early next year, is an “elitist” and “very wealthy person” who surrounds herself with other “very wealthy people.”
Two powerful members of former President Barack Obama’s administration have endorsed Rep. Nancy Pelosi to be elected Speaker of the House, despite dissent from some members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said on Wednesday evening that it is “insulting” that Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), an African-American male, is the only top Democrat who has an announced challenger.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) is accusing Democrats of using racial “dog whistles” to oust him from the party’s House leadership.
On Wednesday’s edition of BuzzFeed’s “AM to DM,” Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that he believes the videotape described in the Steele Dossier exists and he hasn’t seen anything that would make him think differently. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith asked
While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) responded to a question on Representative John Conyers (D-MI) refusing to step aside with the quickness that others accused of sexual misconduct have by saying, “Who elected them?” One of
During a discussion of DACA on Thursday’s “MSNBC Live,” Representative Clyburn (D-SC) argued holding children responsible for their parents’ mistakes goes against American values and those who believe in Christianity and Judaism “ought to practice what we say we preach.”
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Assistant Democratic Leader Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) argued the Republican healthcare bill “would turn the clock back on civil rights and humaneness.” Transcript as Follows: “Hello. I’m Congressman Jim Clyburn. I proudly represent the 6th
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that in order to save Obamacare, Democrats are “going to have to come out of the box with blazing guns.” Clyburn said, “We, as the New York
A member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has issued a warning against leadership changes introduced by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), suggesting her proposals could decrease the group’s power while seemingly increasing her own.
The call was initially expected to be hosted by Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Jim Clyburn and Rep. Alma Adams as well as the DC Federation of College Democrats President Adriyanna Andreus.
Wednesday on MSNBC, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s claim of being “the law and order candidate” was a “dog whistle” to white supremacists. Clyburn said, “Mr. Trump needs to get serious about this issue
Friday on MSNBC after endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Clinton’s opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) plan for free college is not going to happen in his lifetime. Clyburn said, “Well, let me put it this way. I
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to the news that President Barack Obama used the “N-word” on a podcast,and said, “Ninety-five percent of the American people, if not 99 percent, would agree that what he said was
One of the top Democrats in the House is comparing President Barack Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty that would give illegal immigrants special treatment under law to the Emancipation Proclamation and the integration of the military, which allowed Americans to be
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), the third-ranking Democrat in the House, said this week that the House will impeach President Barack Obama if they retain control after the midterm elections. “If the Republicans maintain control of the House, Barack Obama will
In 2009, when she was still just a nominee for the Federal Communications Commission, Mignon Clyburn, the daughter of Rep. Jim Clyburn, told the Senate Commerce Committee, “The FCC is not in the content business.” But just over a year
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) on CNN’s “State of the Union”…
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said on his an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) discussing the NSA surveillance
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) —U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn said voter ID laws in South Carolina and elsewhere are reminiscent of post-Reconstruction Jim Crow laws. Clyburn, D-S.C., and other voting rights advocates warn that laws requiring voters to
Today, President Obama effectively declared war on the Supreme Court. Speaking from the Rose Garden, he suggested that the “unelected” Supreme Court must avoid the “extraordinary … unprecedented” measure of striking down his unconstitutional Obamacare regime: Ultimately, I am confident
MSNBC’s Al Sharpton and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) spent their Martin Luther King Jr. Day comparing Mitt Romney to racists during the civil rights struggles.
Last night, the most famous graduate of Cornell Cow College, Keith Olbermann, interviewed the newly minted Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate, Alvin Greene, an international man of mystery so mysterious that the only possible explanation for his improbable win