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Bennie Thompson: “January 6th, Joy, was awful. It was not a movement. People saw it in real-time. They saw it with their own eyes.”

On the recordOctober 13, 2021
January 6th, Joy, was awful. It was not a movement. People saw it in real-time. They saw it with their own eyes.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Thompson condemned the January 6th insurrection, emphasizing its severity and the need for accountability.

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