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Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Priority: Re-Election, Not Healthcare

Posted March 30, 2019 in News
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By V. Susan Hutchinson This week we learned that South Carolina’s longtime Republican senator, Lindsey O. Graham, discussed policy on the golf course with President Donald Trump. Since when is the federal government like a corporation where deals are made on a putting green followed by a few laughs in the club house? Since Trump became president,…
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HCDP Chair Blasts Trump “Golf Whisperer” Lindsey Graham

Posted March 30, 2019 in News
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If Horry County voters return Sen. Lindsey Graham to the U.S. Senate, most will be voting against their own interests and the interests of South Carolina. As President Trump’s chief apologist in the Senate – after viciously criticizing him in the 2016 Republican presidential primary – Graham now is a leading proponent of Trump administration policies…
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The 7th District Economy in 2018

Posted March 25, 2019 in News
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By Rick Patelunas U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) echoes the Trump Administration’s mantra that the 2018 economy was stronger than ever. Republican tax cuts and deregulation are supposedly unleashing a growing economy. To paraphrase from Rice’s taxpayer financed “District Update,” let’s look at results vs. the rhetoric. Nationally, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 2.9 percent…
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Trump’s Economy

Posted March 25, 2019 in News
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By Rick Patelunas With passage of the Republican tax cut, President Trump proclaimed that economic growth could be 4, 5, even 6 percent. As recently as last August, he claimed growth could be 5 percent in the near future. Despite the tax cut and the optimism, nothing near those growth levels has materialized and it doesn’t…
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Is God Still Speaking?

Posted March 13, 2019 in Community Voices, News
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By Stefan Varner. The resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry was extremely disappointing as it omitted reference to many Americans who every day suffer the consequences of discrimination and bigotry – the LGBTQ community. The resolution, which was drafted and adopted following comments by first-year Rep. Ilhan Omar…
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HCDP Commemorates Black History Month

Posted February 27, 2019 in News
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Pictured above (left to right) Cedric Blain-Spain, Councilman Larry A. White, Nancy Anderson, Rev. Dr. Preston L. McKever-Floyd (seated) and Don Kohn. Horry County Democrats commemorated Black History Month on February 26 with two outstanding programs at the HCDP office in Conway. The first featured speaker was Veronica Gerald, assistant professor/director of the Joyner Institute at CCU. Don Kohn, HCDP…
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