Mississippi’s lone Democrat Congressman Thompson to skip Netanyahu speech joining liberal colleagues
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Magnolia Tribune
- March 3, 2015
WHIP LIST: 55 Democrats to skip Netanyahu speech to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to deliver one of the most controversial speeches to a joint session of Congress by a foreign leader ever, and Vice President Biden and a number of top Democrats won’t be attending….
….Here is a list of the Democrats who are planning to skip the speech and those who are planning to go.
SKIPPING
Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
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