Flashback: Dems Pushed Bill To Take Away Trump’s Secret Service Detail
Months before the shooting at former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson introduced a bill in April that would have removed Trump’s Secret Service…
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About Bennie Thompson
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.
Everything about Bennie Thompson →- Occupation
- politician, teacher
- Position held
- United States representative, member, mayor, member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Website
- http://benniethompson.house.gov, https://benniethompson.com