Bennie Thompson
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S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023. He was both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the committee.
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But the need for this committee to hear from Donald Trump goes beyond our fact finding. This is a question about accountability to the American people. He must be accountable.
* Bennie Thompson, "Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation" (June 23, 2022 7:31 PM By: GPB
We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States, and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.
Terrorists are not just Muslims (27 January 2011
The carefully orchestrated series of events that unfolded at the Save America rally and the storming of the Capitol was no accident or coincidence.
case against Trump brought under a provision of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 filed by Bennie Thompson according to Democratic Rep. Bennie
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Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023. He was both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the committee. Since 2011, he has been the only Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation, and since 2018 he has been the dean of the delegation after Thad Cochran left Congress.
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