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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 16, 2022

He lost. But he betrayed the trust of American people. The people had voted him out. And the courts upheld the will of the people.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 15, 2022

There is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American President.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 15, 2022

We are not going to stop what we're doing to share the information that we've gotten so far with the Department of Justice, we have to do our work.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 15, 2022

Mike Pence said no. He resisted the pressure. He knew it was illegal. He knew it was wrong.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 15, 2022

Thanks in part to Mike Pence, our democracy withstood Donald Trump's scheme and the violence of January 6th.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 15, 2022

Our system nearly failed and our democratic foundation destroyed but for people like you.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 14, 2022

The country faces so many threats from White supremacists and militia extremists, cyber criminals, pandemic diseases, authoritarian governments, and extreme weather caused by climate change.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith
@cindyhydesmith· Republican · MS· Jun 14, 2022

this administration continues to blame President Putin for this inflation, and despite the price increases going through the roof, but the administration, in my opinion, got it wrong when they kept insisting that this is transitory.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 14, 2022

January 6th and the lies that led to insurrection have put two and a half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 13, 2022

These attacks leave deep and lasting scars on our communities, and our Government must do everything in its power to put a stop to this violence.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 13, 2022

The goal is to reach people who may have started down the wrong path but have not yet committed a crime.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 13, 2022

Hurricane Season began on June 1, and we have already seen one named storm, Alex, in the Atlantic.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 13, 2022

We are here today to discuss the Department of Homeland Security's Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) grant program.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 13, 2022

Yet just as importantly, these programs must ensure that the protections for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties that all Americans enjoy are not swept aside in the name of prevention.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 12, 2022

The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, a Representative in Congress From the State of Mississippi, and Chairman, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 12, 2022

That is the bottom line. We have had an election. Mr. Trump lost. But he refused to accept the results of the democratic process.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 12, 2022

As stated by U.S. District Court Judge David Carter, this was 'a coup in search of a legal theory.'

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