MS Auditor and the GOP are requesting US Rep. Thompson to quit over the Secret Service bill, staffer posts

State Auditor ShadWhite has urged U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson to step down following a former staffer’s tweet that endorsed an smear campaign targeting Trump.

An assortment of Mississippi Republicans have called for U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, a member of the Mississippi delegation. To resign following the revelation that an employee who was now a former member of staff publicly endorsed a failed assassination plot against the former president Donald Trump.

In a series published in posts in posts posted on X Sunday, State Auditor Shad White and others were criticised by Thompson for using radical staff and making reference to Jacqueline Marsaw, a field director who said the individual who reprimanded Trump at the rally that was held at Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday might have been able to practice his tactics better to make sure the shot did not “miss the next time. “

Find out about the post on Marsaw Bennie Thompson’s facebook page, which reads “Don’t forget to come back next time’ after the Trump firing

White added that Thompson should resign from his Thompson post at Thompson’s position in the U.S. House because he introduced a bill earlier in the year to eliminate the information from his Secret Service detail as a criminal conviction. The legislation is currently being discussed before Thompson’s U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

“Bennie Thompson is an embarrassment to the state,” White told The Clarion Ledger on Sunday. “It was totally irresponsible Thompson proposed legislation that would remove the President’s Secret Service protection. Thompson is one of the top Democrats in the U.S. House Homeland Security committee, which means he understands more about the law. I believe he was trying to risk the life of President Trump to win some political points. Thompson has clearly employed and promoted nutjob staffers who openly advocated for the assassination of President Trump. Thompson should be removed immediately. “

The Mississippi Republican Party, which previously asked Marsaw to resign on the Saturday evening it declared the following day on X in the late afternoon on Sunday, that Thompson should step down and mentions Marsaw’s position in addition to Thompson’s position in the Secret Service removal bill and the Jan. 6 the 2021 committee for police investigations which Thompson was a part of.

Mississippi GOP Chair Mike Hurst told the Clarion Ledger that the request was made by a variety of sources, including there is a fact Thompson opposes Trump and the January. 6th committee’s hearings and the lack of response to Marsaw’s actions on last night, as well as other reasons.

“Congressman Thompson fired the lady, thank goodness, but he still doesn’t condemn what she said,” Hurst declared. “He hasn’t criticized the words of others as well, which is causing to increase tensions between Americans. It’s true that we need to have some mature people in the room and, right now Congressman Thompson isn’t one of them. “

Thompson told in the Clarion Ledger that Marsaw, at the time at the time of writing was not in use and defended his bill as a response to those looking at the bill.

According to the U.S. Legislature website, the law will not stop Secret Service protection for convicted felons upon the sentence. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying documents in connection with business transactions in May’s month in New York, but he isn’t yet sentenced.

“My bill would not have affected the Secret Service’s presence during this tragic event,” Thompson explained. “It is designed to clarify the lines of authority when a protectionee is sentenced to jail and is under the control of a police department. It does not cover presidents who have been in office for a long time. “

The weekend before when Trump delivered the address in front of a massive crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania, several shots were fired at the crowd, killing only one person and wounded Trump as well as injuring two other people.

Based on the information from the USA Today Network, Trump was not seriously injured. shooting suspect’s name was revealed in his name: Thomas Matthew Crooks..

More information on this incident Trump was injured during an attempt to assassinate him at a rally. the gunman died.

FBI reported to reporters that Crooks was killed minutes after firing at Trump. Crooks was an active Republican and was able to vote according to the database of LexisNexis. It is possible that he was an undergraduate in Bethel Park High School, graduating in 2022.

Mississippi House Rep. and State Democratic Party Chair Cheikh Taylor of Starkville said to The Clarion Ledger he thought White’s comments further caused tensions at a time when state and legislative leaders ought to be cooperating.

“Everyone needs to take a step back and look at what’s important,” Taylor explained. “The most important thing is getting a vote and working the issues out in a manner that is peaceful and respectable. “

Taylor stated that it is to be unwise to hold Thompson responsible in the manner White demands, especially due to the fact it was the case that Marsaw posted the information on her own Facebook page, without any other individual’s prior knowledge.

“There is no way to control all the ideas and thought processes of all staffers,” Taylor declared. “Everyone is entitled to express their personal opinion But I believe in Congressman Thompson and his leadership as well as the ability he has to run his office. Whatever decision he takes I believe is the right one. “

Reactions of the State to Trump attack Donald Trump offered prayers and offered assistance to MS leaders following the shooting incident at the rally.

Marsaw was not available for information at the time the article was published.

Editor’s Note: This story was updated including the state Republicans who have called to have Thompson’s resignation. At the time at 4:00 p.m., Thompson had not issued an official statement on the incident involving his employee, other than to say she had left work.

Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. You can reach him at djgain2005@gmail.com at 972-571-2335.