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In voting to impeach, SC's Rice acknowledges political risk

by Meg Kinnard
| January 14, 2021 1:27 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Rice, who hid in an office as rioters overran the U.S. Capitol last week, acknowledged Thursday that his vote to impeach President Donald Trump could cost him reelection as a conservative Republican but said Trump's failure to calm the mob left him no other choice.

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