Posted on 07/13/2019 11:31:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Mandated by law, Saturday, July 13 is "Nathan Forrest Bedford Day" Tennessee with an annual proclamation issued by the governor each year. On Friday evening, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas slammed Governor Bill Lee for signing the announcement once again.
This is WRONG. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general & a delegate to the 1868 Democratic Convention. He was also a slave trader & the 1st Grand Wizard of the KKK. Tennessee should not have an official day (tomorrow) honoring him. Change the law. https://t.co/XBgoRCBoI0— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 12, 2019
But why did he have to sign the law? Fox News has the details:
Tennessee law stipulates that the governor must declare six days to be "days of special observance" and "invite the people of this state to observe the days in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of such dates."
Those days include Robert E. Lee Day, honoring the commander of the Confederate Army, on Jan. 19; Abraham Lincoln Day on Feb. 12; Andrew Jackson Day on March 15; Confederate Decoration Day, celebrating the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, on June 3; and Veterans Day on Nov. 11.
Accordingly, Democratic state Tennessee lawmakers also criticized the law and the day honoring Bedford.
"This a reminder of the painful and hurtful of the crimes that were committed against black people," Democratic Tennessee Rep. Vincent Dixie told WTVF. "Now you're signing a proclamation honoring the same people that fought to keep people that look like me, African Americans in slavery."
Now he opens his big mouth so we can have more months attacking statues etc. Sigh when will these idiots just learn to shut up?
Wow! You're much harder on this conservative patriot than you are on a murderous thug like KGB Putin, who you sometimes speak fondly of.
Cruz is a spineless coward precisely because he has supported Trump at times.
Trump insulted Cruz’s wife’s looks and mocked her mental health issues, and he mocked Cruz’s dad.
I didn’t like Cruz before 2016 - I was never impressed with him during the times that I was around and met with he and his staff, but after watching Trump completely trash his family publicly, I lost all remaining respect for Cruz, because Cruz ultimately bowed and kissed Trump’s ring.
Wow. And Cruz blaming POTUS and his supporters for DEMOCRAT violence in Chicago? And Cruz’s father attacking Trump’s religious beliefs, etc.????
It’s pretty obvious our favorite Cubanadian and his supporters can dish it out but can’t take it. And that is while Donald J. Trump is POTUS and Ted Cruz never will be.
Sorry - I’m still laughing at bird-brain’s assertion that Forrest was never a part of the KKK...;’}
For some reason, U.S. senators now fancy themselves mini-presidents for some reason. Even certain rookie congresspeople.
No doubt mass media has to do with this. Everybody wants to be a star and nationally known.
Spot on. Is there anything more useless in this world than a United States Senator? I think not.
Thank you for that. I wish people would learn this stuff in schools today.
I guess he’s GIVEN UP on trying to fool us into thinking that he’s actually with us.
Like most here, I supported him until Trump showed up, and holy crap, I had NO CLUE just who I was supporting - and I’ve voted for this guy in Texas. He certainly had me fooled.
I would say Cruz hiring Neil Bush should erased all doubt that he was anything more than GOPe controlled “conservative” opposition.
Of all the things he has to comment on & he goes with this...
Apparently Ted has nothing better to do than tweet about a day of observance in a state he doesn’t even represent.
Not with a ten foot poll!
EXACTLY...
Him fending off Beto was another huge success.
Beto is now flailing.
I was fixing to order that one..just finished “Rebel Yell”..(Stonewall Jackson)
Texas was part of the Confederacy.
BINGO! all the southerners, and I know quite a few, who contributed to his presidential run should drop him a line thanking him for losing the nomination and ask for a refund for false advertising. What the hell is wrong with people celebrating that which matters to THEM?
Cruz should worry about Texas, not Tennessee.
He seems to be in the virtue signaling business now. Someone should fill Ted in....the left will not respect you for this.
Regulator; once a pol has been in Washington a few years, all his common sense has rotted away, and he believe everything the liberal establishment says. One more good reason for term limits in Congress, and a finite term for judges.
Remember Irwin Rommel, the Desert Fox "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book?" Rommel studied Forrest's ideas and uses of mobile artillery.
Look into his history Ted. He was a great man and soldier. He even condemned the KKK.
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