Top Dem Admits His Party Has Failed To Listen To Voters

Clyburn suggested that consultants may have played a role in shifting resources away from grassroots organizing efforts.

“I don’t know why we got away from that but I think a lot has to do with these consultants who will get their percentages out of ground operations,” he said.

The comments came during a weekend of celebration for South Carolina Democrats after Republicans in the state Senate blocked an effort backed by President Donald Trump to redraw congressional maps and target Clyburn’s district.

The proposal would have significantly altered South Carolina’s congressional map and potentially threatened the state’s lone Democratic congressional seat.