"We are the last lines. I have too much Southern blood in me to surrender."

South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey speaking on the Senate floor before a vote that blocked congressional redistricting efforts in the state. The South Carolina Senate rejected a push — backed by President Donald Trump and the White House — to redraw the state's congressional maps mid-decade. Massey, who had argued against redistricting for over a week, led the charge against bowing to federal pressure, joining the chamber's 12 Democrats and a handful of fellow Republicans to defeat the measure 29-17. Critics of the rushed process noted that redistricting typically unfolds over multiple years with statewide public. (Union-Bulletin)