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Bennie Thompson: “Donald Trump was the author, and we the people, for ourselves and our posterity, should not let Donald Trump be a…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2022
Donald Trump was the author, and we the people, for ourselves and our posterity, should not let Donald Trump be a finisher.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson emphasizes the need to prevent Trump from further undermining democracy.

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