The Mississippi Democrat’s comments came Thursday during a House Homeland Security hearing. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from the attack while Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, continues to fight for his life.

Mississippi’s lone Democrat Congressman Bennie Thompson has called the murder of two West Virginia National Guardsmen in an ambush-style attack in Washington, D.C. in November an “unfortunate accident.”

Thompson’s comments came during the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security hearing Wednesday that was focused on worldwide threats to America’s homeland. He is the ranking Democratic member on the committee.

In addressing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Thompson referred to the murders as an “unfortunate accident,” to which Noem asked, “You think that was

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