Bennie Thompson actually said...

"What is your suggestion to Members of Congress as to what we can do?"

"To say I am concerned with President Trump's and the Department of Homeland Security's misguided, counterproductive actions would be an understatement."

"In many instances, the public didn't know. Justice would say, 'Now in America the public has a right to know if you are tampering or, quote, `improving' the electoral process.'"

"I would not be elected in Mississippi had it not been for the Voting Rights Act."