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Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Gavin Newsom slammed over South Carolina visit
By During a Tuesday event with South Carolina Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn, Newsom reportedly gave a ' sheepish grin ' when introduced as a candidate 'running for president.' Clyburn hosted his annual fish fry back in May with two other men currently on the 2028 Democratic shortlist - fellow governors Wes Moore of Maryland and Tim Walz of Minnesota . Although South Carolina Democrats appear to have given Newsom a warm welcome, reception from some of the state's Republican members of Congress was anything but that. GOP Congressman Russell Fry of South Carolina's 7th District wrote on X that 'Gavin Newsom in South Carolina today is like a kale salad at a Waffle House—confused, unwelcome, and about to get sent back.' Congresswoman Nancy Mace challenged Newsom to a debate, noting that she would 'bring common sense policies' and suggesting that the Californian bring his 'best hair gel.' Newsom responded to Mace with 'this you or one of your burner accounts? I honestly can't tell these days.' That post included a screenshot of an article that alleged Mace instructed her staff to use 'burner accounts' to 'hype her up.' The California gov also took shots of his own at GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, sharing a photo of a crowd of Democrats in Graham's hometown along with the caption 'Happy Birthday, @LindseyGrahamSC! Great to be in a packed room in your hometown this morning!' The South Carolina Senator quipped back at the California Governor, writing on X that 'if you've ever wondered how many liberals there are in Seneca, South Carolina… we now know they can all fit in one room with Governor @GavinNewsom!' Graham is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterms next year. Republicans in Newsom's home state meanwhile took to X to voice their frustrations about their governor taking a cross country trip while his own state is suffering. The Los Angeles region has recently fallen victim to tragedy, both natural and man made. Less than six months ago, devastating wildfires burned through the LA region, and just last month, manmade fires burned as riots raged in Los Angeles over the presence of ICE officers on the region. Republican David Tangipa, a member of the California State Assembly, wrote on X, 'I can't think of anything more disrespectful— @GavinNewsom is in South Carolina while LA still looks like this 6 months after the fire.' Including a photo of a burned out beachside California town in his post, Tangipa added 'this photo was taken this week. When Californians need their Governor, he's not even in the state.' The California Republican party also chimed in on their govs trip. 'While @GavinNewsom is in South Carolina today, maybe he should ask its @GOP governor, @HenryMcMaster why South Carolina's gas prices are less than half as much as they are here. Gavin could learn something to benefit Californians rather than lecturing Americans 3,000 miles away,' the CA GOP posted on X. Steve Hinton, a Republican running for governor to replace the term-limited Newsom posted a video to X decrying the governor's trip, noting that 'he spends his time 'trolling Trump' and filing pathetic lawsuits. What an insult to every Californian.' Trolling appears to be what Newsom does best, much better than actually governing. While his state has suffered, Newsom has made headlines with his recently released podcast. He's hosted conversations with the likes former Trump White House Strategist and War Room host Steve Bannon, and Turning Point USA founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Gavin Newsom savaged for out-of-touch southern campaign swing like a 'kale salad at a Waffle House'
California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to be actively testing the waters for a 2028 presidential campaign. The Golden State governor is visiting the pivotal Democrat primary state of South Carolina on Tuesday and Wednesday. During a Tuesday event with South Carolina Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn, Newsom reportedly gave a 'sheepish grin' when introduced as a candidate 'running for president.' Clyburn hosted his annual fish fry back in May with two other men currently on the 2028 Democratic shortlist - fellow governors Wes Moore of Maryland and Tim Walz of Minnesota. Although South Carolina Democrats appear to have given Newsom a warm welcome, reception from some of the state's Republican members of Congress was anything but that. GOP Congressman Russell Fry of South Carolina's 7th District wrote on X that 'Gavin Newsom in South Carolina today is like a kale salad at a Waffle House—confused, unwelcome, and about to get sent back.' Congresswoman Nancy Mace challenged Newsom to a debate, noting that she would 'bring common sense policies' and suggesting that the Californian bring his 'best hair gel.' Newsom responded to Mace with 'this you or one of your burner accounts? I honestly can't tell these days.' That post included a screenshot of an article that alleged Mace instructed her staff to use 'burner accounts' to 'hype her up.' California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at Fisher Hill Community Baptist Church on July 8, 2025 in Cheraw, South Carolina. The governor is on the first of a two-day tour of rural counties in South Carolina, hosted by the state Democratic Party U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (L) gets a response after intimating that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (C, left) is campaigning for president at the Kershaw County Center on July 8, 2025 in Camden, South Carolina. Rep. Russell Fry on X California Gov. Gavin Newsom greets attendees at Fisher Hill Community Baptist Church on July 8, 2025 in Cheraw, South Carolina. An aerial view of workers clearing a business which burned in the Eaton Fire on July 07, 2025 in Altadena, California. July 7th is the six month anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires which claimed 30 lives and left more than 16,000 structures destroyed. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks to reporters as Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz look on at Clyburn's World Famous Fish, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. The California gov also took shots of his own at GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, sharing a photo of a crowd of Democrats in Graham's hometown along with the caption 'Happy Birthday, @LindseyGrahamSC! Great to be in a packed room in your hometown this morning!' The South Carolina Senator quipped back at the California Governor, writing on X that 'if you've ever wondered how many liberals there are in Seneca, South Carolina… we now know they can all fit in one room with Governor @GavinNewsom!' Graham is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterms next year. South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace on X California Governor Gavin Newsom on X California Governor Gavin Newsom on X, calling out GOP Senator Lindsey Graham while visiting his hometown Republicans in Newsom's home state meanwhile took to X to voice their frustrations about their governor taking a cross country trip while his own state is suffering. The Los Angeles region has recently fallen victim to tragedy, both natural and man made. Less than six months ago, devastating wildfires burned through the LA region, and just last month, manmade fires burned as riots raged in Los Angeles over the presence of ICE officers on the region. Republican David Tangipa, a member of the California State Assembly, wrote on X, 'I can't think of anything more disrespectful— @GavinNewsom is in South Carolina while LA still looks like this 6 months after the fire.' Including a photo of a burned out beachside California town in his post, Tangipa added 'this photo was taken this week. When Californians need their Governor, he's not even in the state.' The California Republican party also chimed in on their govs trip. 'While @GavinNewsom is in South Carolina today, maybe he should ask its @GOP governor, @HenryMcMaster why South Carolina's gas prices are less than half as much as they are here. Gavin could learn something to benefit Californians rather than lecturing Americans 3,000 miles away,' the CA GOP posted on X. Steve Hinton, a Republican running for governor to replace the term-limited Newsom posted a video to X decrying the governor's trip, noting that 'he spends his time 'trolling Trump' and filing pathetic lawsuits. What an insult to every Californian.' Where's Gavin Newsom today? In South Carolina, running for president, running away from the problems he's caused in California. He's given up even trying to do his job. He spends his time 'trolling Trump' and filing pathetic lawsuits. What an insult to every Californian. — steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) July 9, 2025 Republican David Tangipa, a member of the California State Assembly on X Trolling appears to be what Newsom does best, much better than actually governing. While his state has suffered, Newsom has made headlines with his recently released podcast. He's hosted conversations with the likes former Trump White House Strategist and War Room host Steve Bannon, and Turning Point USA founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole' that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun
Rep. Jim Clyburn speaks at his annual fish fry on Friday May 30, 2025. (Photo by Shaun Chornobroff/SC daily Gazette) A decade after nine people were gunned down in a Charleston church, South Carolina's lone Democrat in Congress is launching another effort to close the loophole that allowed the hate-filled shooter to purchase his gun. U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, accompanied by a quartet of House Democrats, announced Tuesday the latest proposal to give the FBI longer to complete a background check. Instead of letting a gun sale go through after three business days, the bill would give the FBI up to 20 business days to verify whether a customer checks out. A longer background check may have prevented the tragedy that shocked the nation June 17, 2015. A drug arrest should've prevented then-21-year-old Dylann Roof from buying the gun he used to kill people gathered for a Wednesday night Bible study at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston. But an FBI investigator didn't determine that in time to stop the sale. 'These were all constituents of mine, some of whom I knew very personally,' Clyburn, whose 6th District includes the historic Black church, said at a news conference in Washington, D.C. 'With the kind of background check we are talking about today, we would have prevented that because he would have never gotten a gun.' The gunman, an avowed white supremacist who wanted to start a race war, 'had cased the church. He had researched the church,' Clyburn said one week ahead of the 10-year anniversary. 'And he picked this church because of its history.' A federal jury convicted Roof in December 2016 on 33 counts of federal hate crimes and firearms charges. Weeks later, jurors sentenced him to death. He is among just three inmates left on federal death row after President Joe Biden pardoned 37 other prisoners in December. SC activists call for expanded gun background checks a decade after Mother Emanuel slaying In the aftermath of the shooting, the federal law allowing a licensed firearm dealer to continue with a sale after three days — regardless of whether the check has been completed — became known as the Charleston loophole. State and federal proposals to give the FBI more time have failed repeatedly. A month after the massacre, FBI Director James Comey outlined the clerical errors and jurisdictional confusion that let the gun sale go through, saying 'The bottom line is clear: Dylann Roof should not have been able to legally buy that gun that day.' Then-Gov. Nikki Haley said that knowledge made her 'literally sick to my stomach.' Her response was to criticize the FBI for still relying on paperwork, saying technology, not more time, is the solution. Pro-gun lobbying groups, including the National Rifle Association, remain staunchly opposed to extending background checks, arguing extended checks could put people in danger as they wait. The NRA has also noted that two months lapsed between Roof buying the gun and the shooting. The group contends extending the three-day required wait would not have stopped him. Nationwide, 22 states have either extended the wait for a background check beyond three days or eliminated the ability for a sale to proceed before a check is complete, no matter how long it takes, according to the gun safety nonprofit Everytown. In the Southeast, those states include Florida, Tennessee and Virginia. The bill Clyburn announced Tuesday is very similar to legislation that passed the U.S. House in 2019 and 2021, when Democrats controlled the chamber. Neither got a vote on the Senate floor. Legislation he introduced in 2023, after Republicans regained control of the House, never made it out of committee. At the news conference, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pleaded for Republicans to support the bill. 'The gun violence epidemic that has ravaged America for far too long in such horrific ways, in such deeply personal ways, in such searing ways, requires an aggressive, commonsense response,' said the New York Democrat, adding, 'We just need a handful of Republicans to join us.'
BBC News
06-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Democrats wrestle with 'geriatric problem'
For 33 years, Congressman Jim Clyburn's "world famous fish fry" has been a must-attend event for members of the Democratic Party hoping to make a splash on the national stage. But after a blistering electoral defeat and with an aging old guard, some are wondering if it's time for the party to make some new was just over five years ago here in South Carolina, that the then-79-year-old Clyburn, a Democratic kingmaker in the state, gave the then-77-year-old Joe Biden his highly coveted presidential endorsement. His past picks – like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton – have all won the party's nomination, if not the White endorsement of Biden is widely regarded as helping the former vice-president win South Carolina's primary and turn the tide in his struggling campaign. Since then, Democrats have had to re-evaluate their choice for the aging Biden – who grudgingly abandoned his re-election bid last year amid a rising din of questions about his his successor, Vice-President Kamala Harris, lost to Donald Trump, many wondered if he had hung on too long. Then last month, Biden announced he had stage 4 prostate cancer, a condition with a grim prognosis that would have presented a national crisis if he had managed to win cancer diagnosis raises fresh questions about his health in White HouseWhat we know about Biden's cancer diagnosesAudio emerges of Biden's 'poor memory' interview with investigator Now many within the party, including some of those dining on fried fish and white bread at Clyburn's gathering last Friday, are wondering if it's time the party found new blood - especially after three congressional Democrats died in office this year alone. The losses meant that the Republicans' slim majority in Congress was bolstered, allowing them to pass Trump's controversial spending bill by a single vote."We have a geriatric problem," said Ashley McIntyre Stewart, specifically noting the recent House spending bill. "We need to get the younger community involved so that we don't have the Republicans railroad us."According to a survey last month by Axios, more than half of the 30 Democrats in the House over age 75 are planning to seek re-election next year, including Clyburn, whose term would end when he is 88 if he veteran politician scoffed at the idea of retiring. "I will respond to the voters of South Carolina," he told media who were at the fish fry. "I've been with them all month, and not a single one of them said to me that they think I'm too old. Every one of them said to me, please don't leave."He also bristled at the second-guessing over whether Biden should have stepped aside earlier, saying that his children and grandchildren don't care about the former president's choice."They're going to ask me what did you do to make sure I got a better life," he said. "That's all I'm concentrating on."Democratic voters have tended to accept the risks that come with electing older politicians to office, prioritising governing experience over youth and vitality. In 2024, only two Democratic incumbents in Congress lost their party's nomination, and both – Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York – were relative newcomers under the age of have their own crop of elderly politicians too, including the 78 year-old president. But 2020's electoral battering and Biden's health revelations have caused some Godwin, a Democrat from Chicago, was visiting South Carolina and stopped by the fish fry to see Clyburn and hear from the two Democratic governors, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Wes Moore of Maryland, invited to speak. He said he respected the wisdom of elderly politicians like Clyburn and Biden, but his party needed a youth movement."We need the activists," he said. "We need the energy from a variety of different backgrounds - not just age - to really come put our hands together and work toward getting some real elections won."There are signs some young upstarts are taking heed: Saikat Chakrabarti, the 39-year-old former chief of staff to Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is challenging former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her San Francisco Congressional primary. Jake Rakov, 37, is going after the seat of his former boss, 15-term incumbent Rep Brad Sherman, 70. Voters are craving "new ideas and new energy to get Congress to actually work again," he told a local news outlet, the Bay Area Reporter, in April. At the fish fry, winning elections after last year's disappointment and the challenges of Trump's aggressive second term agenda were the focus of speeches from two Democratic governors, who are also potential 2028 presidential the 61-year-old who was his party's vice-presidential nominee last year, may not exactly be a fresh face some in the party are looking for, although he received a warm reception from the South Carolina audience. Maryland's Moore – a 46-year-old military veteran who is only the third black governor in US history – generated the most animated response, as he spoke about the "baton" being in his generation's hands."We're about to send a message the entire country is going to hear," he said. "This is our time. This is our moment. We will not shirk, we will not flinch, we will not blink. We will win, just as those who came before us did."Democrats may have won in the past, but last year's defeat was particularly stinging – and Trump's first months back in power have put the party in a deep hole, with years' worth of work needed to rebuild Democrat-backed government programmes and replenish worker rolls that have been slashed by the Republicans."I gave Donald Trump credit for this," Waltz said. "He moves so quickly and so fast for bad things, we better be ready to move quickly and fast for good things."Waltz said that Democrats needed to have "tough conversations" about how to win back the voters who flipped to Trump last a few years, South Carolina will once again be a pivotal battleground in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. The kind of candidate who comes out on top will be determined in part by the conversations – including how to balance age and experience with youth and energy - happening at this fish fry and in other Democratic gatherings across the country in the days ahead.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Should SC lead off or bat clean-up in the Dem primary order? What Clyburn thinks
When the Democratic National Committee decides its presidential nominating contest order, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-Santee, said all he wants is for South Carolina to be in the early primary window. Clyburn told reporters at his annual fish fry he's not concerned about South Carolina being the lead off contest, after the Democratic Party kicked off its 2024 presidential nominating process with the Palmetto State. 'I never asked for anything more than keep us in the pre-primary window which covers a whole month before the primary starts,' Clyburn said. 'So I think it's important to the party for that to be the case. Whether it be one, two, three or four, I don't care.' Clyburn, South Carolina's lone Democratic elected federal official, likened the primary order to a baseball batting lineup. 'The most important hitter on a baseball team, is clean up hitter. He comes in fourth place,' Clyburn said. 'And South Carolina has always been fourth, and we demonstrated how important being in fourth place was.' The Democratic National Committee is expected to reevaluate its presidential primary order after then-President Joe Biden said it should be looked at every four years. A decision on the 2028 order could come as soon as the end of 2026. Before 2024, South Carolina was the First in the South Presidential Primary for both the Republican and Democratic parties. Since the 1992 presidential race, the winner of the South Carolina Democratic nominating contest has historically gone on to be the nominee. The lone exceptions have been in 2004 when John Edwards won the primary, but ended up being the vice presidential running mate for John Kerry, and in 2024, when Vice President Kamala Harris replaced Biden shortly before the national convention. In 2020, Biden lost the first three nominating contests. But after receiving Clyburn's endorsement ahead the Palmetto State primary, Biden won South Carolina and went on to the nomination and the White House. New Hampshire has a state law that says it has to hold the first presidential primary in the country, but the Democratic Party opted to make South Carolina the first in its primary process at the wishes of Biden. Clyburn made his comments while speaking to the media shortly before appearing at his annual fish fry, an event that has become a must attend for potential presidential candidates. He was flanked by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2024, and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. Although the weekend was formally meant to elect party leadership for the next two years, it also served as a pep rally to energize party faithful and activists. 'Back in the 2000 election, when they decided to show us a red and blue map, and they defined and divided the country, and it got into people's heads and now they see a map and they say, oh, 'South Carolina, that's deep red.' Well, I beg to differ, this room doesn't look like it's deep red,' Walz said at the Blue Palmetto Dinner. Moore, seen as a potential 2028 candidate who insisted he wasn't thinking about a presidential campaign in three years, gave passionate remarks Friday night that resembled a presidential campaign stump speech. 'This is the moment for us to say together in one voice, gone are the days when the Democrats are the party of no and slow. We must be the party of yes and now,' Moore said. 'Gone are the days when we are the party of bureaucracy. Gone are the days when we are the party of multiyear studies on things that we already know. Gone are the days when we are the party of panels. Gone are the days when we are the party of college debate club rules. We must be the party of action, and that action must come now.' But he insisted he wasn't thinking about 2028. 'I've been very clear that first that no, I'm not running. But the thing I'm also very clear about is anyone who's talking about 2028 is not taking 2025 very seriously,' Moore said.
