We must reject violence. We must embrace our Constitution with the reverence it deserves, take our oath of office and duties as citizens seriously, informed by the knowledge of right and wrong, and armed with no more than the power of our ideas and the truth carry on this venerable experiment in self-governance.
Bennie Thompson: “We must reject violence. We must embrace our Constitution with the reverence it deserves, take our oath of office and…”
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Thompson calls for a commitment to democracy and the Constitution.
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