Posted on 05/18/2021 3:35:48 AM PDT by Libloather
A fact-check from The Washington Post concluded that there is no evidence that a man who claimed to be a descendent of Robert E. Lee was actually related to the Confederate general.
In the weeks following the events of Charlottesville back in 2017, Rev. Robert W. Lee became a national figure for denouncing his apparent relative at the MTV Video Music Awards.
"My name is Robert Lee the Fourth. I am a descendent of Robert E. Lee, the Civil War general whose statue was at the center of violence in Charlottesville," Lee began his address to the audience. "We have made my ancestor an idol of white supremacy, racism and hate. As a pastor, it is my moral duty to speak out against racism, America's original sin. Today, I call on everyone with privilege and power to answer God's call to confront racism and white supremacy head-on."
Lee, who had claimed to be the fourth great-nephew of the Confederate leader, made the media rounds after he resigned as pastor from a North Carolina church following his MTV appearance and pushed for statues of the general removed and various parks and schools strip their names that were dedicated to him. He was invited for a sympathetic interview on "The View."
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In other news, Bruce Lee is also not related to Robert E. Lee.
Rev. Robert W. Lee is an evil opportunist who would gladly purge all conservatives if given the power.
“Jury is still out on Geddy Lee. But his clothes are clean.”
And his mind is not for rent ... To any god or government ...
Yet another of the Corporate Media’s voluminous lies.
A nephew is not really a “descendant” so Rev. Lee’s fact-fudging should have been obvious to the lying media from the beginning.
The worst that can be said about Robert E. Lee is that he was a gentleman. God bless the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Republic of the United States of America.
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