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John Thompson is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the 67A district from 2021 to 2023. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 5, 2021.
- Accidental Politician
- Controversies and Exile
- Passion vs. Decorum
- ‘I’m Not A Monster’
- What’s Next?
“If my friend wasn’t killed by Jeronimo Yanez, I would never have been a politician,” Thompson said, naming the now-former St. Anthony police officer who fatally shot Philando Castileduring a 2016 traffic stop in Falcon Heights. “Before that, I didn’t even know who to vote for.” The two men became friends while working for St. Paul Public Schools, ...
Even before his election, Thompson was a controversial figure. At a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Hugo home of then-Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll, Thompson screamed profanitiesat young white girls watching, suggested Hugo could be subject to arson like other areas in the wake of Floyd’s murder, and struck an effigy of Kroll’...
Some Black veteran lawmakers say friction between Thompson and his colleagues was inevitable. “I think that the key word for John is passionate — passionate is probably an understatement,” said Jeff Hayden, a DFLer who served 12 years in the Legislature, representing Minneapolis districts from 2009 to 2021. “He’s laser-focused on the thing he cares...
When Thompson spoke with the Pioneer Press for close to an hour, he wasn’t still. He said he wasn’t bitter, but he railed against Democrats and Republicans with equal fervor, calling them “two wings of the same bird.” He said Gov. Tim Walz, House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and Attorney General Keith Ellison, all Democrats, gave hol...
Thompson said he holds no ill will toward Lee, who secured the DFL endorsement, trounced Thompsonin this month’s primary, and is a presumptive favorite to win the general election in November in the district against Republican Beverly Peterson. “I didn’t lose ‘my seat,’ ” Thompson said. “This seat doesn’t belong to me. People vote.” He said he plan...
Aug 15, 2022 · Minnesota Representative John Thompson: The exit interview. In an unfiltered conversation with Sahan Journal, the state Representative from St. Paul blamed his landslide August 9 primary election loss on racially motivated slander and DFL money. “I refuse to conform, because the system won’t conform for my people,” Thompson said.
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Mar 24, 2022 · Photo by Nicole Meri/Minnesota Reformer. Rep. John Thompson, the St. Paul lawmaker who was banished by his Democratic-Farmer-Labor colleagues and now caucuses as an Independent, said he regrets the Hugo protest that first made him a political albatross for fellow Democratic elected officials, including Gov. Tim Walz.
Jul 17, 2021 · Updated: July 18, 3:30 p.m. | Posted: July 17, 3:05 p.m. Top Minnesota Democrats including Gov. Tim Walz and House Speaker Melissa Hortman are calling on Democratic State Rep. John Thompson...
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Jul 21, 2021 · July 21, 2021 / 5:31 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A jury found embattled state lawmaker Rep. John Thompson guilty Wednesday in a hospital disturbance that happened at North...
Jul 20, 2021 · Rep. John Thompson, DFL-St. Paul. (Courtesy of the Minnesota House) Legally, the St. Paul Democrat has never been convicted of domestic abuse, but politically speaking, a string of separate...
