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NEW: The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman, Bennie Thompson, is calling on Congress to impeach and "immediately" remove President Donald Trump from office, saying he is "a direct threat to the homeland each remaining minute he is in power."
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“What occurred yesterday at our nation’s Capitol was—pure and simple—domestic terrorism incited by President Trump, his enablers, and those seeking to overturn the results of a legitimate election," said House Homeland Security Chair @BennieGThompson. mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

“Never in my life did I ever expect to see a sitting president incite violent extremists at a rally and, after they stormed both the House and Senate chambers, raised the Confederate flag and erected a noose, tell them in a video that he loved them."
—HHS Chair @BennieGThompson

Thompson: "It could not be more stark and damning to contrast the federal police response to violent gun-wielding domestic terrorists storming the Capitol with the treatment of migrant families at the border and peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters."mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

"Though it has been apparent for years, it is more clear than ever that President Trump is a direct threat to the homeland each remaining minute he is in power. He must be removed from office immediately."
—HHS Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, the chair of the committee that oversees Capitol Police, hasn't spoken about security lapses that made the insurrection possible.

Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT, who's 2nd to her on the committee, said he'll be "at the forefront" of an inquiry.mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith’s office sent a statement to @MSFreePress about the Capitol Police lapse, saying she “continues to monitor the security situation over at the Capitol closely," but provided no details & did not agree to a call to discuss the issue. mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

GOP House Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois lawmaker, called for Trump's removal, saying he "abdicated his duty to protect the American people and the people’s House, he invoked and inflamed passions that only gave fuel to the insurrection that we saw here."mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

After Trump released a scripted video saying he'll step aside on Jan. 20, @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer did not relent.

“The president’s dangerous and seditious acts necessitate his immediate removal from office," they said tonight after Trump's message. mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

After Trump's video tonight, a supporter who was at the Capitol concluded that "people who stick their neck out for Trump seem to always wind up with their heads cut off.”

“People were willing to die for this man and he just threw them all under the bus." mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

Rep. Thompson calls it "one of the worst security failures in our nation’s history" & "the predictable realization of the Trump Administration’s reckless & willful ignorance of the threat posed by white supremacist extremists & other right-wing terrorists."mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

Thompson: “Nearly twenty years after 9/11, we still clearly have massive gaps in the federal government’s terrorism preparedness and response capabilities that must be immediately addressed. ... There must be a thorough Congressional investigation..." mississippifreepress.org/8026/trump-is-…

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