Rep. Bennie Thompson is the chairman of the January 6 committee — a job unlike any other in US history. For Thompson, 74, the role brings full circle a career spent on voting rights.
Washington For Bennie Thompson, the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was a significant moment of déjà vu. From his perch in the House gallery above the chamber that day, he couldn't quite tell what was going on, until his wife phoned him to let him know what was unfolding on television. Then the Capitol Police came and instructed him -- and other members -- to crouch, and take off their congressional lapel pins, so they would not become targets for the intruders.
Thompson refused."People I know fought and died in this country for me to have the right to represent them and for them to have the right to vote," Thompson told CNN."I'm not going to let any insurrectionist, rioter, crazy person come here and take this pin." As a congressman from Mississippi, Thompson has been wearing a pin for 13 terms.
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