Tennessee lawmakers unwittingly vote to honor Klan leader

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Erik Schelzig, Associated Press Updated 5:53 pm, Wednesday, April 26, 2017


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives thought they had defeated a resolution to honor Nathan Bedford Forrest. Days later, the chamber unwittingly passed another resolution touting the achievements of the Confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The first resolution seeking to jointly honor Forrest and the first African-American elected to the Legislature was put off until after the Legislature adjourns, effectively killing it for the year.

 
But Republican Rep. Mike Sparks of Smyrna included much of the same language in a separate resolution to honor Shane Kastler, the author of a book about Forrest.

The new resolution was passed 94-0 along with other items on the House consent calendar, a slate of bills and resolutions deemed uncontroversial and not requiring any floor debate.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Tennessee-lawmakers-unwittingly-vote-to-honor-11101446.php

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Rep. Mike Sparks, loves him some Klansmen

[Thomas Hurt]

1. I would call bullshit on the "unwittingly" part

but I imagine that most of them were conservatives so............ignorance of historical fact is not surprising.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Exactly!!

[riversedge]

5. Obviously no one read the actual bills.

[keithbvadu2]

3. "unwittingly" - Yeah! Right!

[IronLionZion]

4. "unwittingly" making America great again

[oberliner]

6. He renounced his association with the KKK in later years

He actually worked to abolish it.

[BigOleDummy]

7. Wouldn't be...

.... so sure on that "unwittingly" part either. This way...... they didn't have to honor "that other one". Don't kid yourself as to how racist the Volunteer state is.