James E. Clyburn
@repjamesclyburn.bsky.social
U.S. Congressman representing South Carolina's 6th Congressional District.
Forty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch. One of the seven on board was my dear friend, Ronald McNair.
As a child in Lake City, South Carolina, Ronald was barred from checking out science books at his segregated local library.
As a child in Lake City, South Carolina, Ronald was barred from checking out science books at his segregated local library.
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Forty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch. One of the seven on board was my dear friend, Ronald McNair.
As a child in Lake City, South Carolina, Ronald was barred from checking out science books at his segregated local library.
As a child in Lake City, South Carolina, Ronald was barred from checking out science books at his segregated local library.
Trump’s FBI just raided an election office in Atlanta over 2020 election files.
ICE is ripping apart our communities, millions are losing health care, and tariffs are increasing costs.
And Trump is still focused on his 2020 stolen election lies.
ICE is ripping apart our communities, millions are losing health care, and tariffs are increasing costs.
And Trump is still focused on his 2020 stolen election lies.
FBI raids Atlanta-area elections office amid Trump’s push to relitigate 2020 election
The action comes after Trump promised that individuals would be prosecuted “soon” related to the 2020 presidential election.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Trump’s FBI just raided an election office in Atlanta over 2020 election files.
ICE is ripping apart our communities, millions are losing health care, and tariffs are increasing costs.
And Trump is still focused on his 2020 stolen election lies.
ICE is ripping apart our communities, millions are losing health care, and tariffs are increasing costs.
And Trump is still focused on his 2020 stolen election lies.
No public official should face violence.
It is shameful President Trump has minimized the seriousness of this attack and continued his hateful rhetoric toward Rep. Ilhan Omar — we know that political violence is no isolated event.
It is shameful President Trump has minimized the seriousness of this attack and continued his hateful rhetoric toward Rep. Ilhan Omar — we know that political violence is no isolated event.
January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
No public official should face violence.
It is shameful President Trump has minimized the seriousness of this attack and continued his hateful rhetoric toward Rep. Ilhan Omar — we know that political violence is no isolated event.
It is shameful President Trump has minimized the seriousness of this attack and continued his hateful rhetoric toward Rep. Ilhan Omar — we know that political violence is no isolated event.
Just 39% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of immigration.
58% say ICE has gone too far.
Americans want immigration enforcement that prioritizes violent criminals, not indiscriminate militarized crackdowns that sweep up American citizens.
58% say ICE has gone too far.
Americans want immigration enforcement that prioritizes violent criminals, not indiscriminate militarized crackdowns that sweep up American citizens.
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Just 39% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of immigration.
58% say ICE has gone too far.
Americans want immigration enforcement that prioritizes violent criminals, not indiscriminate militarized crackdowns that sweep up American citizens.
58% say ICE has gone too far.
Americans want immigration enforcement that prioritizes violent criminals, not indiscriminate militarized crackdowns that sweep up American citizens.
Bovino leaving Minneapolis is not enough. The American people want concrete reforms to ICE and CBP that put an end to their lawless conduct that is taking American lives and sowing chaos in our communities.
Border Patrol commander Bovino and some agents plan to leave Minneapolis, sources say
Gregory Bovino, a public face of Trump's immigration crackdown, is losing his "commander" title as border czar Tom Homan and CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott head to Minneapolis, sources say.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Bovino leaving Minneapolis is not enough. The American people want concrete reforms to ICE and CBP that put an end to their lawless conduct that is taking American lives and sowing chaos in our communities.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’m reminded of the 1946 poem written by Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller. He writes:
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a socialist.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a socialist.
January 27, 2026 at 9:09 PM
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’m reminded of the 1946 poem written by Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller. He writes:
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a socialist.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a socialist.
This couldn't be further from the truth.
Americans are seeing ICE and CBP terrorize cities and conduct themselves against the direction of local law enforcement and elected officials.
Alex Pretti’s death is a result of that blatant disregard by the Trump administration, and it must end.
Americans are seeing ICE and CBP terrorize cities and conduct themselves against the direction of local law enforcement and elected officials.
Alex Pretti’s death is a result of that blatant disregard by the Trump administration, and it must end.
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
This couldn't be further from the truth.
Americans are seeing ICE and CBP terrorize cities and conduct themselves against the direction of local law enforcement and elected officials.
Alex Pretti’s death is a result of that blatant disregard by the Trump administration, and it must end.
Americans are seeing ICE and CBP terrorize cities and conduct themselves against the direction of local law enforcement and elected officials.
Alex Pretti’s death is a result of that blatant disregard by the Trump administration, and it must end.
The footage coming out of Minnesota is outrageous.
The violence unleashing in this country is a direct result of Trump and his reckless Administration. These masked, armed, and untrained agents are inflicting real pain on our communities. Their presence isn’t making Americans safer.
Enough.
The violence unleashing in this country is a direct result of Trump and his reckless Administration. These masked, armed, and untrained agents are inflicting real pain on our communities. Their presence isn’t making Americans safer.
Enough.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, according to local and federal officials. The shooting prompted a clash between the authorities and protesters who gathered at the scene. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The footage coming out of Minnesota is outrageous.
The violence unleashing in this country is a direct result of Trump and his reckless Administration. These masked, armed, and untrained agents are inflicting real pain on our communities. Their presence isn’t making Americans safer.
Enough.
The violence unleashing in this country is a direct result of Trump and his reckless Administration. These masked, armed, and untrained agents are inflicting real pain on our communities. Their presence isn’t making Americans safer.
Enough.
A masked ICE agent grabbed a 5-year-old off the street in Minnesota and used him as bait.
Detaining children isn’t making Americans safer.
This is cruelty beyond the pale.
Detaining children isn’t making Americans safer.
This is cruelty beyond the pale.
A viral image of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos shows the boy standing with a blank stare in a blue knit hat with white bunny ears.
Liam and his father were captured by ICE officers in Minnesota. School officials say that the child was used “as bait” by ICE.
Liam and his father were captured by ICE officers in Minnesota. School officials say that the child was used “as bait” by ICE.
Column | The abhorrent power of the photograph of a 5-year-old held by ICE
An image like this could once change history. Can one still?
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A masked ICE agent grabbed a 5-year-old off the street in Minnesota and used him as bait.
Detaining children isn’t making Americans safer.
This is cruelty beyond the pale.
Detaining children isn’t making Americans safer.
This is cruelty beyond the pale.
It was outrageous enough when Trump pardoned the January 6 rioters a year ago. Now some of them are seeking and receiving refunds of the financial penalties they paid—some totaling millions of taxpayer dollars.
At least eight Jan. 6 defendants are pursuing refunds of the financial penalties paid as part of their sentences, according to a Post review of court records.
Others are filing civil lawsuits against the government seeking millions of dollars.
Others are filing civil lawsuits against the government seeking millions of dollars.
They ransacked the U.S. Capitol and want the government to pay them back
Last year, President Donald Trump pardoned almost 1,600 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Now many of them might get money back from the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
It was outrageous enough when Trump pardoned the January 6 rioters a year ago. Now some of them are seeking and receiving refunds of the financial penalties they paid—some totaling millions of taxpayer dollars.
So far this term, Trump has pardoned criminals ordered to pay $298 million in fines and restitution. The total under his recent predecessors was a miniscule fraction of that.
Trump is fighting for his rich cronies—with taxpayers and victims potentially paying the price.
Trump is fighting for his rich cronies—with taxpayers and victims potentially paying the price.
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
So far this term, Trump has pardoned criminals ordered to pay $298 million in fines and restitution. The total under his recent predecessors was a miniscule fraction of that.
Trump is fighting for his rich cronies—with taxpayers and victims potentially paying the price.
Trump is fighting for his rich cronies—with taxpayers and victims potentially paying the price.
Yesterday Trump said ICE was just “looking to get the criminals out right now.” In reality,
they’re going after people based on skin color, even off-duty police.
There are proper ways to enforce immigration laws. What ICE is doing now is making Americans less safe.
they’re going after people based on skin color, even off-duty police.
There are proper ways to enforce immigration laws. What ICE is doing now is making Americans less safe.
ICE targeted off-duty police officers in Twin Cities, local police say
The police chief of one Minneapolis suburb said all of the officers who had been stopped there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were people of color.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Yesterday Trump said ICE was just “looking to get the criminals out right now.” In reality,
they’re going after people based on skin color, even off-duty police.
There are proper ways to enforce immigration laws. What ICE is doing now is making Americans less safe.
they’re going after people based on skin color, even off-duty police.
There are proper ways to enforce immigration laws. What ICE is doing now is making Americans less safe.
The same administration that made the largest cut to SNAP is telling you it’s fine—just eat cheap food.
Billionaires get tax breaks. Everyone else gets told to budget.
The Trump Administration’s plan to address affordability challenges is to pretend they don’t exist.
Billionaires get tax breaks. Everyone else gets told to budget.
The Trump Administration’s plan to address affordability challenges is to pretend they don’t exist.
Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The same administration that made the largest cut to SNAP is telling you it’s fine—just eat cheap food.
Billionaires get tax breaks. Everyone else gets told to budget.
The Trump Administration’s plan to address affordability challenges is to pretend they don’t exist.
Billionaires get tax breaks. Everyone else gets told to budget.
The Trump Administration’s plan to address affordability challenges is to pretend they don’t exist.
57 years ago today, Shirley Chisholm became the 1st Black woman sworn into Congress.
Shirley was never scared to stand up for what she believed in and fought tirelessly to ensure everyone could participate in our democracy.
Let’s honor Shirley’s legacy by continuing her fight.
Shirley was never scared to stand up for what she believed in and fought tirelessly to ensure everyone could participate in our democracy.
Let’s honor Shirley’s legacy by continuing her fight.
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 PM
57 years ago today, Shirley Chisholm became the 1st Black woman sworn into Congress.
Shirley was never scared to stand up for what she believed in and fought tirelessly to ensure everyone could participate in our democracy.
Let’s honor Shirley’s legacy by continuing her fight.
Shirley was never scared to stand up for what she believed in and fought tirelessly to ensure everyone could participate in our democracy.
Let’s honor Shirley’s legacy by continuing her fight.
It’s been one year since Trump took office a second time.
I remember the days when American presidents were interested in helping Americans.
I remember the days when American presidents were interested in helping Americans.
January 21, 2026 at 12:47 AM
It’s been one year since Trump took office a second time.
I remember the days when American presidents were interested in helping Americans.
I remember the days when American presidents were interested in helping Americans.
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
And every year around this time, I like to read Dr. King’s Letter from the Birmingham City Jail.
In that letter, Dr. King writes “More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will.”
And every year around this time, I like to read Dr. King’s Letter from the Birmingham City Jail.
In that letter, Dr. King writes “More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will.”
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
And every year around this time, I like to read Dr. King’s Letter from the Birmingham City Jail.
In that letter, Dr. King writes “More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will.”
And every year around this time, I like to read Dr. King’s Letter from the Birmingham City Jail.
In that letter, Dr. King writes “More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will.”
The facts speak for themselves.
58% of Americans think Trump's first term in office is a failure, and they're right.
His tariffs have raised costs, he’s blocked extension of ACA tax credits, and he’s given massive tax breaks to billionaires.
With Trump, we’re going backward.
58% of Americans think Trump's first term in office is a failure, and they're right.
His tariffs have raised costs, he’s blocked extension of ACA tax credits, and he’s given massive tax breaks to billionaires.
With Trump, we’re going backward.
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to address cost of living. https://cnn.it/49qvwBo
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The facts speak for themselves.
58% of Americans think Trump's first term in office is a failure, and they're right.
His tariffs have raised costs, he’s blocked extension of ACA tax credits, and he’s given massive tax breaks to billionaires.
With Trump, we’re going backward.
58% of Americans think Trump's first term in office is a failure, and they're right.
His tariffs have raised costs, he’s blocked extension of ACA tax credits, and he’s given massive tax breaks to billionaires.
With Trump, we’re going backward.
ACA open enrollment ends TODAY, and the Senate has yet to join the House in passing legislation to extend expired tax credits and to give Americans more time to sign up.
As families are figuring out their health care coverage, know that Democrats aren't letting up.
As families are figuring out their health care coverage, know that Democrats aren't letting up.
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healthcare.gov
January 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
ACA open enrollment ends TODAY, and the Senate has yet to join the House in passing legislation to extend expired tax credits and to give Americans more time to sign up.
As families are figuring out their health care coverage, know that Democrats aren't letting up.
As families are figuring out their health care coverage, know that Democrats aren't letting up.
Just enjoyed a Hemingway, SC meal of smothered chicken wings, peas and rice, and collard greens at Melba’s in the Big Apple, NYC.
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Just enjoyed a Hemingway, SC meal of smothered chicken wings, peas and rice, and collard greens at Melba’s in the Big Apple, NYC.
This morning, a masked ICE agent shot and killed an unarmed woman in Minneapolis as she sought to leave. This was an unjustifiable act of violence.
January 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This morning, a masked ICE agent shot and killed an unarmed woman in Minneapolis as she sought to leave. This was an unjustifiable act of violence.
Reposted by James E. Clyburn
As the president seeks to recast the events of Jan. 6, 2021 – when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to block certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory – U.S. Rep. James Clyburn says he will not forget what happened. Read more: https://bit.ly/4q6Bs8h
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
As the president seeks to recast the events of Jan. 6, 2021 – when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to block certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory – U.S. Rep. James Clyburn says he will not forget what happened. Read more: https://bit.ly/4q6Bs8h
According to a new report, 33 of the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned on his first day in office have since been charged, arrested, or convicted of new crimes.
Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.
Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.
Ahead of 5-year anniversary of Jan. 6, report examines aftermath following Trump's return to office
Ahead of the five-year anniversary of Jan. 6, House Democrats are examining the aftermath of the Capitol attack during the first year of President Trump's second term.
abcnews.go.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
According to a new report, 33 of the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned on his first day in office have since been charged, arrested, or convicted of new crimes.
Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.
Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.
To mark the fifth anniversary of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, my Democratic colleagues are holding a hearing with former law enforcement officers who endured that horrific day.
After January 6th: Setting the Record Straight on the Capitol Insurrection
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
To mark the fifth anniversary of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, my Democratic colleagues are holding a hearing with former law enforcement officers who endured that horrific day.
Happy New Year! Wishing you a healthy, peaceful, and hopeful year ahead.
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Happy New Year! Wishing you a healthy, peaceful, and hopeful year ahead.
As the seven days of Kwanzaa begin, I extend my warmest wishes to all celebrating.
Let us all remember the wisdom of the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, especially the values of unity and faith. May your celebrations be filled with hope and light.
Let us all remember the wisdom of the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, especially the values of unity and faith. May your celebrations be filled with hope and light.
December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
As the seven days of Kwanzaa begin, I extend my warmest wishes to all celebrating.
Let us all remember the wisdom of the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, especially the values of unity and faith. May your celebrations be filled with hope and light.
Let us all remember the wisdom of the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, especially the values of unity and faith. May your celebrations be filled with hope and light.