James E. Clyburn
@repjamesclyburn.bsky.social
U.S. Congressman representing South Carolina's 6th Congressional District.
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.
From my family to yours, I'm wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas.
May you cherish your friends, family, and all that you hold dear.
May you cherish your friends, family, and all that you hold dear.
December 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
From my family to yours, I'm wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas.
May you cherish your friends, family, and all that you hold dear.
May you cherish your friends, family, and all that you hold dear.
The Trump Administration is legally required to release the Epstein files by today.
Even though Trump didn't want to, he signed the bill to release them. Now he's breaking the law.
Even though Trump didn't want to, he signed the bill to release them. Now he's breaking the law.
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Trump Administration is legally required to release the Epstein files by today.
Even though Trump didn't want to, he signed the bill to release them. Now he's breaking the law.
Even though Trump didn't want to, he signed the bill to release them. Now he's breaking the law.
Trump—whose policies are inflicting enormous pain and suffering on everyday Americans—is being encouraged to run for a third term by a billionaire donor offering $250M.
Tells you everything you need to know about the allegiances of the Republican party.
Tells you everything you need to know about the allegiances of the Republican party.
Adelson: I met Alan Dershowitz.. he said.. four more years. We can do it. Think about it.
Crowd: *chants four more years*
Trump: She said think about it, I’ll give you another 250 million
Crowd: *chants four more years*
Trump: She said think about it, I’ll give you another 250 million
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Trump—whose policies are inflicting enormous pain and suffering on everyday Americans—is being encouraged to run for a third term by a billionaire donor offering $250M.
Tells you everything you need to know about the allegiances of the Republican party.
Tells you everything you need to know about the allegiances of the Republican party.
Manufacturing employment has fallen every month since Trump rolled out his tariffs in April, according to yesterday’s jobs report.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Trump promised a blue-collar jobs boom. The opposite is happening | CNN Business
President Donald Trump promised voters in 2024 that if they returned him to the White House, his policies would deliver a blue-collar jobs boom.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Manufacturing employment has fallen every month since Trump rolled out his tariffs in April, according to yesterday’s jobs report.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Yesterday’s jobs report showed that wages are growing at the slowest pace in four years.
Prices are high, health care costs are about to jump for millions, and unemployment is rising.
What is Trump doing about it?
Prices are high, health care costs are about to jump for millions, and unemployment is rising.
What is Trump doing about it?
Already shaky job market weakened in October and November, according to delayed federal data
The unemployment rate in November rose to 4.6%.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yesterday’s jobs report showed that wages are growing at the slowest pace in four years.
Prices are high, health care costs are about to jump for millions, and unemployment is rising.
What is Trump doing about it?
Prices are high, health care costs are about to jump for millions, and unemployment is rising.
What is Trump doing about it?
It’s not just Americans with ACA plans or Medicaid under attack. Now the Trump admin wants to cut 35,000 positions across the Veterans Health Administration.
The VA is already understaffed to deliver the care veterans deserve. This action will only make that reality worse.
The VA is already understaffed to deliver the care veterans deserve. This action will only make that reality worse.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s not just Americans with ACA plans or Medicaid under attack. Now the Trump admin wants to cut 35,000 positions across the Veterans Health Administration.
The VA is already understaffed to deliver the care veterans deserve. This action will only make that reality worse.
The VA is already understaffed to deliver the care veterans deserve. This action will only make that reality worse.
As your electricity bill goes up, remember—it doesn’t have to be this way.
Democrats invested in expanding clean energy to lower costs.
Trump killed those investments to protect costly fossil fuels, just as AI data centers drive demand even higher.
Democrats invested in expanding clean energy to lower costs.
Trump killed those investments to protect costly fossil fuels, just as AI data centers drive demand even higher.
Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report finds
The amount of money Americans are paying toward their energy bills has increased since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, according to a new report.
abcnews.go.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
As your electricity bill goes up, remember—it doesn’t have to be this way.
Democrats invested in expanding clean energy to lower costs.
Trump killed those investments to protect costly fossil fuels, just as AI data centers drive demand even higher.
Democrats invested in expanding clean energy to lower costs.
Trump killed those investments to protect costly fossil fuels, just as AI data centers drive demand even higher.
Job creation has plummeted since Trump took office.
His tariffs have raised costs and unleashed so much uncertainty that many companies no longer want to hire.
Trump’s bad for business.
His tariffs have raised costs and unleashed so much uncertainty that many companies no longer want to hire.
Trump’s bad for business.
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Job creation has plummeted since Trump took office.
His tariffs have raised costs and unleashed so much uncertainty that many companies no longer want to hire.
Trump’s bad for business.
His tariffs have raised costs and unleashed so much uncertainty that many companies no longer want to hire.
Trump’s bad for business.
The unemployment rate is now up to 4.6%—the highest since the economy was emerging from the pandemic.
700,000 more people are unemployed now versus a year ago. Wages grew the slowest since before the pandemic.
High prices. Rising unemployment. This is Trump’s economy.
700,000 more people are unemployed now versus a year ago. Wages grew the slowest since before the pandemic.
High prices. Rising unemployment. This is Trump’s economy.
Unemployment rate rises, signaling weakness in the economy
The labor market cooldown continued this fall, according to new jobs numbers released on a delayed scheduled by the Labor Department.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The unemployment rate is now up to 4.6%—the highest since the economy was emerging from the pandemic.
700,000 more people are unemployed now versus a year ago. Wages grew the slowest since before the pandemic.
High prices. Rising unemployment. This is Trump’s economy.
700,000 more people are unemployed now versus a year ago. Wages grew the slowest since before the pandemic.
High prices. Rising unemployment. This is Trump’s economy.
From @WSJ analysis: Trump’s tariffs forced the closure of a factory in my congressional district earlier this year.
Those 64 American jobs shouldn’t have been lost.
Trump said tariffs would bring manufacturing back to America. He was wrong, and our workers are paying the price.
Those 64 American jobs shouldn’t have been lost.
Trump said tariffs would bring manufacturing back to America. He was wrong, and our workers are paying the price.
December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
From @WSJ analysis: Trump’s tariffs forced the closure of a factory in my congressional district earlier this year.
Those 64 American jobs shouldn’t have been lost.
Trump said tariffs would bring manufacturing back to America. He was wrong, and our workers are paying the price.
Those 64 American jobs shouldn’t have been lost.
Trump said tariffs would bring manufacturing back to America. He was wrong, and our workers are paying the price.
Tonight, Jewish families around the world light the first candle on their menorahs.
Hanukkah celebrates a long-ago triumph over antisemitism.
On this Festival of Lights, may the light of hope triumph over the darkness of hate.
Hanukkah celebrates a long-ago triumph over antisemitism.
On this Festival of Lights, may the light of hope triumph over the darkness of hate.
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Tonight, Jewish families around the world light the first candle on their menorahs.
Hanukkah celebrates a long-ago triumph over antisemitism.
On this Festival of Lights, may the light of hope triumph over the darkness of hate.
Hanukkah celebrates a long-ago triumph over antisemitism.
On this Festival of Lights, may the light of hope triumph over the darkness of hate.
The mass shooting at Brown University is an unimaginable trauma.
My prayers are with the victims, their families, and the entire Brown community.
My prayers are with the victims, their families, and the entire Brown community.
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The mass shooting at Brown University is an unimaginable trauma.
My prayers are with the victims, their families, and the entire Brown community.
My prayers are with the victims, their families, and the entire Brown community.
155 years ago, Joseph Rainey of Georgetown, South Carolina, was seated in Congress, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
155 years ago, Joseph Rainey of Georgetown, South Carolina, was seated in Congress, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Of 111 people infected, 105 were unvaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Of 111 people infected, 105 were unvaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
Public health experts and pediatricians overwhelmingly agree: the measles vaccine is safe, effective, and essential to preventing outbreaks—despite what Trump and Secretary Kennedy claim.
Get vaccinated.
Since Democrats passed the ACA in 2010, millions gained access to quality health care for the first time.
Meanwhile, Republicans haven’t proposed a serious health care plan in decades.
Forgive me if I doubt Republicans are “ready” to make health care more affordable.
Meanwhile, Republicans haven’t proposed a serious health care plan in decades.
Forgive me if I doubt Republicans are “ready” to make health care more affordable.
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Since Democrats passed the ACA in 2010, millions gained access to quality health care for the first time.
Meanwhile, Republicans haven’t proposed a serious health care plan in decades.
Forgive me if I doubt Republicans are “ready” to make health care more affordable.
Meanwhile, Republicans haven’t proposed a serious health care plan in decades.
Forgive me if I doubt Republicans are “ready” to make health care more affordable.
Every Senate Democrat just voted to prevent premiums from skyrocketing next year for people who receive health care from the Affordable Care Act. Only 4 of 53 Republicans joined them.
If your premiums double next year, you can thank Donald Trump and Republicans.
If your premiums double next year, you can thank Donald Trump and Republicans.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Every Senate Democrat just voted to prevent premiums from skyrocketing next year for people who receive health care from the Affordable Care Act. Only 4 of 53 Republicans joined them.
If your premiums double next year, you can thank Donald Trump and Republicans.
If your premiums double next year, you can thank Donald Trump and Republicans.
“The middle-to-lower-income segment is struggling more than usual.”
“Wealthier Americans have continued to spend lavishly.”
This is the Trump economy.
“Wealthier Americans have continued to spend lavishly.”
This is the Trump economy.
Whether you shopped on Black Friday may depend on how much you make
Black Friday shopping patterns reveal a widening income gap in the U.S., with the wealthiest households spending more and lower-income families pulling back.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“The middle-to-lower-income segment is struggling more than usual.”
“Wealthier Americans have continued to spend lavishly.”
This is the Trump economy.
“Wealthier Americans have continued to spend lavishly.”
This is the Trump economy.
Last month, @SecScottBessent claimed that despite Trump’s tariffs, in early 2026 “we are going to see the inflation curve bend down.”
But according to major retailers, the tariffs will soon make prices rise even higher—the worst is yet to come.
But according to major retailers, the tariffs will soon make prices rise even higher—the worst is yet to come.
‘Only so long’ before Trump's tariff costs hit consumers, businesses warn
Corporate executives are telling investors that prices will rise as soon as January as pre-tariff inventory runs thin and holiday discounts disappear.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Last month, @SecScottBessent claimed that despite Trump’s tariffs, in early 2026 “we are going to see the inflation curve bend down.”
But according to major retailers, the tariffs will soon make prices rise even higher—the worst is yet to come.
But according to major retailers, the tariffs will soon make prices rise even higher—the worst is yet to come.
Mike Johnson is right. This will be the most “consequential Congress” in our lifetime.
- $1T in tax cuts for the top 1%
- $1T in cuts to Medicaid
- $200B in cuts to SNAP
- Average ACA marketplace monthly premiums to double
All of this will have dire consequences for our country.
- $1T in tax cuts for the top 1%
- $1T in cuts to Medicaid
- $200B in cuts to SNAP
- Average ACA marketplace monthly premiums to double
All of this will have dire consequences for our country.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Mike Johnson is right. This will be the most “consequential Congress” in our lifetime.
- $1T in tax cuts for the top 1%
- $1T in cuts to Medicaid
- $200B in cuts to SNAP
- Average ACA marketplace monthly premiums to double
All of this will have dire consequences for our country.
- $1T in tax cuts for the top 1%
- $1T in cuts to Medicaid
- $200B in cuts to SNAP
- Average ACA marketplace monthly premiums to double
All of this will have dire consequences for our country.
As Trump calls concerns over affordability a “Democrat scam,” twice as many Americans believe he’s doing more to raise prices (49%) than lower them (24%).
Americans are concerned about costs. Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care.
Americans are concerned about costs. Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care.
More Americans say Trump has helped raise prices rather than lower them: Survey
Americans are more likely to say President Trump has raised prices than lower them since returning to office this year, according to a survey released Monday. In a Yahoo/YouGov poll conducted in la…
thehill.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As Trump calls concerns over affordability a “Democrat scam,” twice as many Americans believe he’s doing more to raise prices (49%) than lower them (24%).
Americans are concerned about costs. Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care.
Americans are concerned about costs. Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care.
The former president of Honduras helped facilitate the trafficking of hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States and was sentenced to 45 years in prison—but Trump pardoned him because he was a political ally.
So much for “America First.”
So much for “America First.”
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández freed after Trump pardon
The wife of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has been released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump. The U.S.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The former president of Honduras helped facilitate the trafficking of hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States and was sentenced to 45 years in prison—but Trump pardoned him because he was a political ally.
So much for “America First.”
So much for “America First.”
Trump and his billionaire friends may think affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody.” But for millions of Americans, it means not living paycheck to paycheck just to cover basic needs.
Trump seems completely detached from the reality people are facing in this country.
Trump seems completely detached from the reality people are facing in this country.
Trump: "There's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about -- 'affordability.' They just say the word. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. They just say it. 'Affordability.' I inherited the worst inflation in history ... the word 'affordability' is a con job by the Democrats"
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Trump and his billionaire friends may think affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody.” But for millions of Americans, it means not living paycheck to paycheck just to cover basic needs.
Trump seems completely detached from the reality people are facing in this country.
Trump seems completely detached from the reality people are facing in this country.
On Thanksgiving, we gather with family and friends to appreciate the many blessings we hold dear.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On Thanksgiving, we gather with family and friends to appreciate the many blessings we hold dear.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
My prayers are with the members of the National Guard who were shot this afternoon in Washington, D.C. My thoughts are with their loved ones during this tragedy.
Violence of any kind is unacceptable and must always be condemned.
Violence of any kind is unacceptable and must always be condemned.
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My prayers are with the members of the National Guard who were shot this afternoon in Washington, D.C. My thoughts are with their loved ones during this tragedy.
Violence of any kind is unacceptable and must always be condemned.
Violence of any kind is unacceptable and must always be condemned.