Posted on 12/12/2025 9:04:15 AM PST by DFG
Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson asserted on Friday that he made a mistake when he referred to the Nov. 26 murder of a National Guardsman as an “unfortunate accident.”
Thompson’s remarks downplaying the attack, which caused West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom’s death, took place during a Thursday House Homeland Security Committee hearing. When “CNN News Central” host Kate Bolduan asked him about the phrase he used, he denied it reflected his sentiment.
“[Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem], in the back-and-forth with you, she called you out when you were speaking and asking her question, and you called the shooting and killing of the National Guard member that happened recently an ‘unfortunate accident.’ You then called it an ‘unfortunate situation.’ The man is charged with first-degree murder,” Boludan said. “Congressman, do you believe it was an accident?”
“Oh, absolutely not. And obviously, let me be clear, I was moving toward the discussion that she could not blame [former President] Joe Biden on the situation because she approved this person’s asylum application,” Thompson responded. “And that’s where we were headed.”
Bolduan asked Thompson if he was claiming he “misspoke.”
“Oh, absolutely,” the Democrat said. “Absolutely.”
Noem immediately pushed back on Thompson when he used the phrase during the hearing.
“You think that was an unfortunate accident? It was a terrorist attack,” she said. “He shot our National Guardsman in the head.”
Republican Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles also expressed outrage about Thompson’s remarks during the hearing.
“That was a murder that took place in D.C. It was not an unfortunate incident,” Ogles said. “And those comments are effing disrespectful!”
The murder was allegedly perpetrated by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who entered the country in September 2021 following the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lakanwal previously worked with the CIA and was allowed into the U.S. under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome, which resettled Afghans who had helped American forces.
Lakanwal also allegedly shot Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe on Nov. 26. Wolfe was in critical condition, but there have been hopeful updates about his recovery since the shooting.
Somebody with a bigger brain must have gotten to Bernie, to let him know he had made himself look like an UnAmerican, blithering idiot with that statement.
Maybe Chuck Schumer sent him a text.
did the fake news clowns at CNN just give him a free pass?
Liz Cheney’s good buddy Bennie Thompson calls the terrorist attack on our men and women in the military an “unfortunate accident”.
O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.Matthew 12:34.
Rats are the scum of the earth…
“I was moving toward the discussion that she could not blame [former President] Joe Biden on the situation because she approved this person’s asylum application,” Thompson responded.”
I don’t believe that one either. As a matter of fact they are seriously looking into all of those so-called asylum seekers Biden let in here. Do the lies ever stop? Apparently not, they just get worse.
A legitimate human being would not have imagined the statement in the first place.
Bennie begged Biden for a preemptive pardon for the crimes he committed during the J6 Stalinist show trial. Despicable.
“ Bolduan asked Thompson if he was claiming he “misspoke.”
“Oh, absolutely,” the Democrat said. “Absolutely.””
Another example of a propaganda media interviewer acting as defense attorney for the left. They ask the Dem a tough question and then accept whatever excuse the Dem gives or they even tell the Dem how to answer the question in a way that will help the Dem.
“I’m sorry that I said what I actually believe on camera.”
Somebody needs to grab Hanky’s ass and throw the worthless piece of meat with two eyes in the Gulf of America.
misspoke definition:
Verb
lied
Every time Bennie shows up on TV and starts shooting off his big, “unfortunately” uneducated mouth, the audio should consist of playing Boots Randolph’s “Yakety Sax” only. He’s a retard. The perfect DemonRAT.
Typical Demoncratic ... I mean Democratic ploy ... throw out bullshit and then try to cover it up with spam ... I mean sand.
He didn’t “mis-speak”. He said it twice and Noem corrected him.
Bennie Thompson did not “mis-speak”, he even repeated the “unfortunate accident” claim twice. Now he is again lying, lying about his true intentions - to sully the national guard for their legal activities helping tame the levels of crime in our major cities.
a decent person would apologize PROFUSELY to parents of Sarah Beckstrom, Andrew Wolfe and his family. instead he tried to wriggle off the hook, indicative of his bad character.
Noem was too polite and measured with her response. I would have verbally crushed this moron.
He caught hell, which he should have, and now he is lying.
“Misspoke”? He doubled down in it when berating Noem.
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