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Bennie Thompson: “In a democracy, you can’t settle your differences by an insurrection. Democracy is settled at the ballot box, not by an…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2021
In a democracy, you can’t settle your differences by an insurrection. Democracy is settled at the ballot box, not by an insurrection is mob-like we had on the sixth.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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msnbc.com

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Thompson emphasizes the importance of democratic processes and condemns the insurrection on January 6.

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