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Sen. Margie Bright Matthews, D-Colleton, works on a computer in the senate chamber during the first day of legislative session at the South Carolina Statehouse Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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Rep. Todd Rutherford, D-Richland, center, and Rep. Kit Spires, R-Lexington, left, talk with fellow lawmakers before the state of the state in the House chambers at the South Carolina Statehouse on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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Rep. Bill Hixon walks through the House chamber before the state of the state at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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Rep. Samuel Rivers, R-Berkeley, talks with fellow lawmakers before the state of the state from Gov. Nikki Haley in the House chambers at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley greets lawmakers in the House chamber before delivering the State of the State at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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Rep. Terry Alexander, D-Florence, left, takes a selfie with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley during introductions before her delivery of the state of the state in the House chamber at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, right, greets Rep. Cezar McKnight, D-Williamsburg, left, before delivering the state of the state in the House chamber at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, left, smiles with Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, right, after delivering the state of the state in the House chamber at the South Carolina Statehouse Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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A Confederate battle flag flies in front of the South Carolina statehouse Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. The House is expected to debate a measure Wednesday that would remove the flag from the Capitol grounds. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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FILE - In this June 19, 2015 file photo, the Confederate flag flies near the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. The General Assembly returns Monday, July 6, 2015, to discuss what to do with the rebel flag that has flown over some part of the Statehouse for more than 50 years. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)

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A Confederate flag flies near the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

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Mariangeles Borghini holds a burned Confederate flag during a rally to take down the Confederate flag at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. Rep. Doug Brannon, R-Landrum, said it's past time for the Confederate flag to be removed from South Carolina's Statehouse grounds after nine people were killed at the Emanuel AME Church shooting. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

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In this June 3, 2014 photo, state Sen. Clementa Pinckney speaks at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Pinckney was killed, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in a shooting at an historic black church in Charleston, S.C. The shooter is still at large. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP)

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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, file photograph, South Carolina Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell speaks at a news conference at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. McConnell was elected on Saturday, March 22, 2014 as the new president of the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file)

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Retired pastor Tom Summers explains why he is going to be arrested for blocking the road into the garage at the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Summers and 10 others were arrested as part of Truthful Tuesday protests, demonstrating against the state's decision not to accept federal money to expand Medicaid. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago puts handcuffs on a protester who is blocking the road into the garage at the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Eleven people were arrested as part of Truthful Tuesday protests, demonstrating against the state's decision not to accept federal money to expand Medicaid. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago tells a protestor that she will be arrested if she does not stop blocking the road into the garage at the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Eleven people were arrested as part of Truthful Tuesday protests, demonstrating against the state's decision not to accept federal money to expand Medicaid. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago tells a group of protestors that they will be arrested if they do not stop blocking the road into the garage at the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Eleven people were arrested as part of Truthful Tuesday protests, demonstrating against the state's decision not to accept federal money to expand Medicaid. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Retired pastor Tom Summers is arrested by interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago after blocking the road into the garage at the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Summers and 10 others were arrested as part of Truthful Tuesday protests, demonstrating against the state's decision not to accept federal money to expand Medicaid. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)