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Bennie Thompson: He summoned a mob to Washington, afterward on January 6th when he knew that the assemble mob was heavily armed and…

On the recordJuly 22, 2022
He summoned a mob to Washington, afterward on January 6th when he knew that the assemble mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capitol and he emphatically commanded the heavily armed mob to fight like hell.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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msnbc.com

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Thompson describes Trump's actions in inciting a violent mob to attack the Capitol.

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