Bennie Thompson actually said...

"Instead, the President of the United States sent the mob."

"Any real leader who sees their supporters going down that path, approaching that line, has a responsibility to say, 'Stop.'"

"I wonder what former President Trump would say to someone like Sergeant Gonell who must now go about remaking his life."

"What this Committee, what all of us will do to fortify our democracy against coups, political violence, and campaigns to steal elections away from the people."