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Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer Wraps Up Summer Break with Loud Town Hall

Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer Wraps Up Summer Break with Loud Town Hall

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Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer faced a boisterous crowd which demonstrated disappointment with some of her positions during a listening session in Lincoln.

Cheers rose in opposition to a wall at the Mexican border, anti-Trump talk, questions about DREAMERS as a few of the 165 peppered  Fischer with questions. . .

Fischer called it a mixed crowd

Fischer says she thought the hour-long session sparked a good conversation.

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