Rep. Jim Clyburn says there's a "dark place" on the horizon for voting rights
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To House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, the highest ranking Black legislator in Congress, "racial gerrymandering" — what he describes as the intentional drawing of congressional districts that discriminate against minority populations — has deep roots in America's history.
He recalled areas around his home county of Sumter County, South Carolina, voting overwhelmingly in the 1968 presidential race for pro-segregationist independent candidate George Wallace, despite its large Black population.
"Why is that? They turned racialized voting into an art form. And they used the presence of African-Americans to frighten people into what we're seeing taking place again," Clyburn told CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa in a recent interview.
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