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'They need a time out.' Black voters in South Carolina want Democrats to calm down

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Darryl Thompson furrowed his brows, wearily rested his chin on his fist and kept repeating one phrase as he watched Democratic presidential candidates battle one another for the better part of two hours Tuesday night: "Come together."

Thompson, a 53-year-old truck driver, watched the debate with 50 other voters at a viewing party ahead of the Democratic Party's state primary on Saturday. He wasn't the only one worried yet somewhat optimistic about Democrats' chances of defeating

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