Republicans in South Carolina are making a serious move to redraw congressional maps in a way that could finally sideline longtime Democrat Jim Clyburn – the 85-year- old political kingmaker many credit with rescuing Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign from the political graveyard.

The GOP-led South Carolina House recently advanced a new congressional map that targets Clyburn’s district, potentially breaking up the Democrat stronghold that’s kept him comfortably in office for decades. Republicans say it’s about fair representation. Democrats are already screaming “Jim Crow 2.0.”

Clyburn has served in Congress since 1993 and recently announced he wants another term – apparently determined to stay in Washington until the Capitol installs shuffleboard courts and Medicare-sponsored happy hour specials.

The timing isn’t random. Republicans across several southern states are moving aggressively on redistricting after a recent Supreme Court ruling weakened protections for race-based congressional maps that critics have long argued sorted voters by skin color under the banner of “fair representation.”

For conservatives still blaming Clyburn for helping Biden stumble into the White House, the message seems pretty clear: “Thanks for the memories. Now kindly exit stage left.”

The proposal now sits in the South Carolina Senate, where Republicans will decide whether Clyburn’s political retirement party starts earlier than he expected.