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Bennie Thompson

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Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson has been a prominent voice in Congress on issues related to homeland security, having served as the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on various aspects of national security and has been an advocate for addressing threats posed by terrorism and drug cartels.

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Jul 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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Jul 22, 2022

There can be no doubt that that work are coordinated multi-step effort to overturn an election overseeing and directed by Donald Trump. There could be no doubt that he commanded a mob, a mob he knew was heavily armed, violent, and angry…

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Jul 21, 2022

Mr. Bannon will comply with our investigation or he will face the consequences.

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Jul 20, 2022

Donald Trump summoned a violent mob and promised to lead that mob to the Capitol to compel those he thought would cave to that kind of pressure.

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Jul 20, 2022

Our democracy withstood the attack on January 6th. If there is no accountability for January 6th for every part of this scheme, I fear that we will not overcome the on-going threat to our democracy.

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Jul 20, 2022

This is not as it may appear, a story of inaction in a time of crisis. But, instead, it was the final action of Donald Trump's own plan to usurp the will of the American people and remain in power.

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Jul 20, 2022

I will turn things over to our Vice Chair to start telling this story.

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Jul 20, 2022

I never imagined that enemy would come from within.

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Jul 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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Jul 20, 2022

There can be no doubt that there was a coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn an election, overseen and directed by Donald Trump.

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Jul 20, 2022

There must be stiff consequences for those responsible.

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Jul 18, 2022

Look, we are a nation of laws, and if a person breaks the law, or is accused of breaking the law, he’s not one who can just do what he chooses because he’s running for president. So Donald Trump is just like every other American citizen in…

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Jul 18, 2022

It is a fact that disasters do not impact all people equally.

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Jul 18, 2022

We applaud Congressman Thompson and the House of Representatives for the introduction and passing of the FEMA Equity Act.

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Jul 18, 2022

We must do disasters differently. We must invest in our communities and put our communities at the forefront of our work as public servants.

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Jul 15, 2022

January 6, and the lies that led to insurrection have put two and a half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk. The world is watching what we do here.

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Jul 14, 2022

it`s concerning. It`s important for us to get as much information -- about how this discrepancy occurred.

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Jul 14, 2022

It`s highly unusual to do that. And that`s why we more or less, put that in the hands of the Justice Department to make that decision.

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Jul 14, 2022

It was a White House employee. I don`t know how you classify support staff.

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Jul 13, 2022

Justice Thomas doesn't like Black people. He doesn't like being Black.

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Jul 13, 2022

This is information that these Committees have been looking for, for more than a year and a half, they're just now finding out that this information doesn't exist.

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Jul 13, 2022

Mr. Bannon will comply with our investigation, or he will face the consequences.

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Jul 13, 2022

Thank you to Chairwoman Watson Coleman and Ranking Member Gimenez for holding this hearing, and to Admiral Fagan for appearing before this subcommittee as she embarks on her historic tenure as the 27th Commandant of the United States Coast…

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Jul 13, 2022

I have long-standing concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Coast Guard, as well as the Service's treatment of whistleblowers and failure to hold offenders accountable.

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