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
A group of Democrat Representatives ended their overnight “sit in” on the floor of the lower chamber without achieving their goal of forcing the House of Representatives to take up new gun control legislation. But as they congratulated themselves, they also had some praise and “thank yous” for reporters giving free advertising for their anti-gun stunt.
During Wednesday’s sit-in by Congressional Democrats to force a vote on gun control measures, Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) thanked the media, and Democrats on the House floor applauded the press. (h/t Andrew Desiderio) Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” while discussing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims coming into the United States, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) used the Ku Klux Klan as an example of a “Christian” organization and why an entire
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
Far-left Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a past chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is refusing to endorse Hillary Clinton, exposing another split in Democratic ranks amid the 2016 primary race.
They are on opposites sides of the aisle, but House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-OH) is considering taking up the Congressional Black Caucus’s plan to fight poverty, according to The Hill.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” while discussing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump re-tweeting a tweet about Jeb Bush that said, “Adios Jeb, aka Jose,” which included a swastika image, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said Trump should be disqualified from
According to a police report, Singletary invited her boyfriend, a U.S. Capitol Police officer, over for sex before threatening him with his own service weapon, demanding to see the contents of his cell phones. “You taught me how to use this. Don’t think I won’t use it,” Singleterry said according to the arrest warrant obtained by NBC News, referring to the gun.
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
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) discussed the fatal shooting of nine parishioners inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC and blamed the shooting on a “right-wing drift in the country” that has “gone too far.”
Last week, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) sat down with Voice of America host Carol Castiel and network congressional correspondent Cindy Saine and offered a warning to President Barack Obama’s Republican opposition while discussing the nuclear deal the president is pushing for with Iran. When asked
Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) blamed the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and stand your ground, voter ID, and redistricting laws for creating the “climate” that led to the killing of Walter Scott on Wednesday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC. While Clyburn thanked
House Assistant Democratic Leader Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) refused to say what he considered a “fair” tax rate on Tuesday’s “Your World With Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. After declaring that it was “class warfare when you have the
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