Jan. 6 Committee Chair Has New Role: Biden Campaign Surrogate

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Jan. 6 Committee Chair Has New Role: Biden Campaign Surrogate

When Rep. Bennie Thompson goes home to Mississippi on weekends, he tries to get time in the woods for a hunt. A lot of his hunting partners and neighbors are conservatives, yet Thompson, the state’s only Democrat in Washington, knows how to find common ground. More recently, he says, his 18-month stint as head of the Jan. 6 Committee has offered a point of connection. He often hears how much they appreciate the decorum he brought in his role run…