Sen. Ted Cruz called out the Republican governor or Tennessee to change a law that honors a former Confederate general and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
“This is WRONG,” Cruz said in a tweet about the law declaring July 13 the day to honor Nathan Bedford Forrest.
“I signed the bill because the law requires that I do that and I haven’t looked at changing that law,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday. Under state law, the Tennessee governor must issue six days of observation, half of which must be connected to the Confederacy, according to the Tennessean.
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
Is it me or is Ted Cruz coming out against Trump/GOP worms more often? Wonder what his endgame is?
Cruz added: “it needs to be more subtle. Just honor confederates, and continue to blame Democrats for racism. Our base is pretty gullible.”
I’m going to agree with what @demosthenes59 stated: that it’s not smart to turn dead Klansmen into state heroes.
Sadly, this is going to be one of the least embarrassing things Bill does as governor.