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<p>&nbsp;<strong>By Mike McCombs&nbsp;</strong></p>
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<p>“Democracy, not Insurrection” was the singular message on everyone’s sign as around 50 or so members of the Beaufort chapter of Indivisible gathered for a vigil and demonstration from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 6 along Boundary Street in front of Beaufort City Hall.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>According to an Indivisible release, the event was “in remembrance of the 2021 attack on the Capitol.”&nbsp;</p>
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<p>“We’re really here for three reasons,” Beaufort’s Jeff Baker said. “To support democracy, support the Jan. 6 Select Commission and to honor those who died (Jan. 6), the Capitol Police who were in service.” <br><br>The Beaufort gathering wasn’t unique. More than 600 chapters of Indivisible marked the anniversary around the county, the state and the country.</p>
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<p>While the Beaufort chapter drew participants from Beaufort, Lady’s Island and all over northern Beaufort County, chapters from Bluffton/Hilton Head and Sun City assembled in front of Beaufort County offices on Bluffton Parkway in Bluffton and at Sea Turtle Market Place on Hilton Head Island.</p>
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<p>Baker said he, and many others, initially joined Indivisible because they were dismayed by the election results of 2016, but that it’s not safe to assume this was a Democratic movement.</p>
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<p>“We’re nonpartisan,” Baker said. “We’re open to everybody joining us. We have Republicans in this group, too, as well as Democrats. It’s more of a mix than one would think.”</p>
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<p><em>Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com. </em><br><em>Publisher Jeff Evans contributed to this report.</em></p>
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