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Letter to the editor: Fischbach should resign from Congress The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the Perham Focus by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Perham Focus. To submit a letter, email editor@perhamfocus.com or mail it to Perham Focus, Box 288, Perham, MN 56573. Written By: John Sobieski, Perham | 2:00 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 × To the editor: Congressperson Michelle Fischbach should resign from Congress. She should resign because she knowingly lied about the election and as a result of that lie, a mob stormed our capital and com...

Assembling television sets. last month, element shocked the tiny town of winnsboro by announcing it was shutting down blaming trump's proposed tariffs which the company says will make its tvs too expensive. cnn reached out to element electronics but they have not responded to multiple requests. >> any time jobs are lost there is a trickle down effect where people don't have money to spend. they can't spend it. and so it affects everyone. >> winnsboro and fairfield councoun councoun county have had what is called the summer of hell, 6,000 jobs were lost then a textile mill shut down. the county...

Agricultural communities with big farming towns but this is an old manufacturing hub here, 3300 people but over the years they have lost jobs. as president trump attested to, trying to bring jobs back, about what has happened as a consequence of these tariffs is the last major television assembly company here in the united states right behind us, element, they plan to close on october 5th and eliminate 127 jobs. we talked to several in the community who said the ripple effects of this go to business and ultimately the very heart of this economy. i want to introduce you to billy smith, a 27-yea...

Trade war with the united states, announcing it's going to be imposing tariffs on an additional $16 billion in american autos and energy products. the move in response to trump administration's plans to implement a second round of tariffs on chinese goods about two weeks from now totaling an additional $16 billion. back here at home, a south carolina television-making company says it might be forced to shut down a plant and layoff all 126 of its employees because of president trump's tariffs. we sent nbc's vaughn hillyard to check it out. he's on the ground in winnsboro, south carolina, home a...

We ought to be marshaling our resources and getting our congressional delegation together, organizing our chambers of commerce and knocking on the door of the oval office and telling the president how much this is hurting our state. >> the guy that you are running against, henry mcmaster, republican there in south carolina, this is what -- this is what he has said about element electronics. take a listen. >> we are doing every single thing that we can, making every effort, every contact. i've spoken to the president and the vice president myself several times about this as well as wilbur ross,...