Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is Mississippi’s longest-serving African-American elected official and the only Democrat in the Mississippi Congressional Delegation.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurgency, in his opening remarks at last year’s hearing on the 2021 riot had termed the attack as the culmination of a coup attempt.
Who is Bennie Thompson mother Annie (Lauris) Thompson?
The American politician has delegated much of the spotlight to Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and the committee’s vice-chair.
Bennie Thompson, who also chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, has been on Capitol Hill for nearly three decades, but his leadership of the House Homeland Security Committee on Jan. 6 is his most significant turn in the national spotlight.
The 74-year-old happens to be the biological son of Will Thompson and Annie Thompson born in Bolton, Mississippi in the States.
Is Annie Thompson still alive?
At the moment, it’s unclear whether his biological mother is still alive or has passed away. Because the American politician rarely speaks of his mother, there is little information about her.
