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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jun 2, 2017, 07:26 PM Jun 2017

South Carolina U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn tells town hall in Sumter that better days are ahead

SUMTER — The energy in the room was subdued, but U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn told supporters Thursday there is light at the end of what many view as the dark times that have come with President Donald Trump's administration.

More than one attendee asked South Carolina's only Democratic congressman during a town hall how they could remain hopeful while Trump has worked to reverse executive orders and policies on immigration, health care and the environment set by his predecessor Barack Obama.

"To see the threat that’s hanging over the country, I know that that is depressing," he said. "I know that you are wondering whether or not there is a way out of this. I just think that there is."

Clyburn told the room of about 200 people at the Black River Electric Cooperative not to feel helpless because a Republican controls the White House.

Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/politics/south-carolina-u-s-rep-jim-clyburn-tells-town-hall/article_7a2ccc8e-46f1-11e7-92cd-d3cdc7f46d77.html

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