WASHINGTON _ Pauline Brown said she nearly broke down in tears when U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders walked through her front door last month. Her longtime partner, Eugene Smith, said he stood in disbelief.
They'd had little success getting South Carolina leaders to pay attention to the dirty water in their city of Denmark, so they never expected anyone running for president to show up to see for himself.
"A presidential candidate that comes to your house to see how you're living, I just couldn't believe it," Smith told The State on Thursday. "It meant a whole lot to both of us. For over 10 years, nobody believed us. It was astounding to him."
