Bennie Thompson
Role at the time: U.S. representative and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee
Condemned
Statement summary
Bennie Thompson signs a joint letter demanding that DHS stop funding political ads supporting Trump and disclose how the spending was approved.
“This disturbing pattern of redirecting congressionally appropriated funding to advantage one political party must cease immediately.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)House Homeland Security Democrats' September 30 letter on Trump advertising fundsPages 1-2: opposition and records demands; pages 3-4: signatures
The signatories ask Markwayne Mullin to stop financial support for political ads and provide spending, contract and approval records by October 7.
Why we used this label
Signing the letter adopts its explicit opposition to public funding for the Trump-promoting ads.