Bennie Thompson actually said...

"the voter ID law is a purge, because what we're doing is we're--we're doing--essentially doing away with voter registration and changing it to driver's licenses or Texas IDs."

"As some of you might know, our system of elections has been declared critical infrastructure, and so it's in our best interest to protect that infrastructure."

"My personal testimony is a long time ago, Bennie Thompson ran for office, and the only reason he was able to win was because of the Voting Rights Act protections."

"My state just reduced--attempted to reduce the number of days that a person can clear up a question of residency from five days to two."