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SC governor defends COVID-19 response in State of the State

by Jeffrey Collins
| January 14, 2021 12:03 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster praised South Carolina for its efforts to fight COVID-19 and defended his decisions to shut down the fewest things possible during the pandemic in his State of the State address on Wednesday.

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