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."
[wasn’t he born a canadian citizen? WH run?]
Stuff it, Ted.
No kidding. He and JEB Stuart rocked.
But yet Dems still have streets and buildings named after Senater Robert Byrd who admitted to being in the Klan.
Don't feel too bad. Look how many got hoodwinked by Bush, who sent him right into the oval office.
Some have keen perception, some not so much. I was very confident Rafael Cruz was a poser from day one and said so in the face of numerous attacks and even a threat of two.
Trump is a defacto independent player and was the only outsider out of a conga-line of career political hacks. Turns out he is clearly the best man for the job by a series of magnitudes. Going forward, this should always be remembered come election time. It's time to start looking very hard at future outsider candidates.
I’m laughing at rocks in his head’s claim that Forrest was in the KKK even though he’s presented no evidence to support that claim.
Him fending off Beto was another huge success.
Beto is now flailing.
I’d say that’s more of an indictment than anything to praise Cruz for. Beto is at 2% now in the Dem primary. Below “other.” That conservative lion of the Senate Cruz made such ham-fisted work of Beto does not bode well for the political future of our favorite Tex-Cubanadian.
“I would say Cruz hiring Neil Bush should erased all doubt that he was anything more than GOPe controlled “conservative” opposition.”
I think that was the case - remember how the elite got REALLY COMFORTABLE around Cruz when he was the only one left in a position to challenge Trump - a bit too comfortable as they earlier didn’t really see a difference between them. They knew more about him than I guess we did.
GFY ls67
Apparently, I forgot about it. Still, Cruz is right and it should be ended.
We have been living here in TNfor over 40 years and I have never heard of a Nathan Bedford Forrest Day
He’ll get over it.
The point here is that he had completely changed his views and actually worked hard to bring the races together! Not that he SHOULD be honored for being a great general for the Confederacy.
See my post 152 just above...
It’s what GOPe does
Piss on Dixie to virtue signal
“Look nigras we’re not really racist after all, please vote for us again why shucks we have our own darkies like Dinesh and others”
Zip loyalty to their own most dependable voting bloc
Plenty of libtard GOPe too partner
This idiotic Dinesh Shapiro mindset that GOPe are always Gods and Dems always Satan is inaccurate and stupid
And gains not one damn thing politically
But it allows the ignorant to virtue signal like Teddy just did
ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN LEFTIST THUGS ROUGHED UP FOLKS IN CHICAGO AFTER TRUMP CANCELLED HIS RALLY AND TEDDY BLAMED TRUMP FOR THE VIOLENCE
I SAF DO
and that from someone with a Cruz for POTUS bumpersticker in 2013 I had cafe press make for me
THANK GOD WE NOMINATED TRUMP
No one on this list serve mocking Cruz has 1% the wins of Cruz.
He’s right about this klan hero and he’s the best senator we have.
He is actually a conservative.
NBF was a diabolical democrat.
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