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."
Ted is as he always has been.
These are the stands he takes.
The people who left the site over his defeat wanted these positions.
A real conservative should have recognized states rights and STFU....especially since it ain’t his state. Only thing that moron knows of Nathan Bedford Forrest is Tom Hanks putting on a hood in Forrest Gump. If he had bothered to look him up, Bedford Forrest rejected the Klan after they started becoming radical. He also was a defender of civil rights and fought to defend higher education rights for blacks.
I’ll let you know later. He just has social media and I am mailing the essay.
Hurst and Wyeth and Lytle I guess are the three definitive biographies about 75 years apart
I own every book ever written about Bedford Forrest including Captain Little Ax by James Street which is hard to find
I own an original hardbound first edition of my grandfathers
You’re no Texan
He’s right of course , but I would be more impressed if he reminded him everyone that Forrest was a Democrat at the 1866 convention and that the Democrats were the ones supporting slavery and now they do it in the form of dependency on govt
Thanks.
“Below is another quotation, cited in David Barton’s work on the subject of the Founders and slavery, which also cites the fact that there were laws in the State of Virginia which prevented citizens from emancipating slaves”
So can we conclude that the case of Virginia farmer George Washington escaped Mr Barton’s notice?
I’ve heard that General Washington freed his own slaves upon his death; Martha’s weren’t freed, however.
“Forrest was a Democrat.... “
What are we to conclude from that? That he belonged to the same party as:
Andrew Jackson. Van Buren. James Polk. Franklin Pierce. James Buchanan. Andrew Johnson. Grover Cleveland. ?
Bfl
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