President Trump has directly urged South Carolina lawmakers to postpone the state’s congressional primaries ahead of a critical redistricting vote in the legislature. In a message on Truth Social, the former president called for Republican leaders across the nation to exercise their constitutional authority to counter what he described as “Radical Left Democrats” undermining the country through decades of gerrymandering and census rigging.

“The South Carolina State Senate has a big vote tomorrow on Redistricting,” Trump wrote. “I’m watching closely, along with all Republicans across the Country who are counting on their Elected Leaders to use every Legal and Constitutional authority they have to stop the Radical Left Democrats from destroying our Country…”

He specifically instructed South Carolina Republicans: “BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS… Move the U.S. House Primaries to August, leave the rest on the same schedule.”

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson echoed Trump’s call, stating that the former president is “right” and that now is the time for leaders to act with boldness.

A resolution passed by the House’s Constitutional Law Subcommittee has been approved 3-2 along party lines to postpone the state’s congressional primaries until August. This move gives lawmakers time to redraw district maps before South Carolina’s regular session ends on May 14, when the current primary schedule would have taken place on June 9.

The subcommittee declined to discuss a proposed map that would reconfigure South Carolina’s congressional districts in an effort to ensure all seven districts are represented by Republicans. Campaign officials have raised concerns about the potential transfer of funds under a new map, though Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested the Trump administration believes the changes will not jeopardize existing seats.

The redistricting efforts threaten Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the only Democrat in South Carolina’s congressional delegation who has represented the sixth district—a jurisdiction created to protect minority voting rights under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This district is now at risk following a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened such protections.

Clyburn warned: “Republicans are trying to break apart South Carolina’s 6th District. Not because voters demanded it, but because Donald Trump requested it.”