US EditionLocal religious groups denounce Lt. Gov. Beckwith's recent Three-Fifths Compromise comments
- Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith posted a video on X defending the Three-Fifths Compromise amid debates over Senate Bill 289 in 2025.
- The video responded to Senate Democrats comparing SB 289, which restricts DEI initiatives, to the Three-Fifths Compromise that counted enslaved people for representation.
- Beckwith argued the compromise limited pro-slavery political power and called it 'a great move,' while historians and civil rights groups labeled his views inaccurate and offensive.
- The Indiana Senate approved SB 289 with a 64-26 vote, sending the legislation to Governor Mike Braun, who will decide whether to enact it.
- The controversy highlights ongoing disputes over racial history and DEI efforts in Indiana and nationally, with critics demanding Beckwith retract and apologize for his remarks.
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Beckwith Pushes Back: ‘I Work for the People’
Source: Patabook News / Patabook News INDIANANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith says he doesn’t regret his comments about the Three-Fifths Compromise. Beckwith posted a video on social media defending the compromise, claiming it helped “eradicate slavery” and was “a great move by the North.” “It’s never to address hard truths, but that’s what leaders do: you call out the lies of the culture,” Beckwith told WIBC Radio. “When I…
Indiana Lt. Governor faces backlash after comments on Three-Fifths Compromise
Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith is under fire from historians and other officials after making controversial remarks about the Three-Fifths Compromise. That compromise was reached during the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and it determined that three of every five enslaved persons in the U.S. would be counted toward a state’s Congressional representation. Beckwith posted a video on social media defending the comprom…
Indiana's MAGA Lt. Governor Dragged for Defending Slavery Legislation. Here's Why He's Got it All The Way Wrong
Leave it to a white Republican to defend an old slavery legislation. Ind. Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is catching heat after he took to social media in an attempted “gotcha” moment. Read more...
Lt. Governor Calls Three-Fifths Compromise a ‘Great Move’
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) “is facing backlash for sharing a debunked conservative argument that the Three-Fifths Compromise was a step toward ending slavery in response to a discussion surrounding a bill that would eliminate state diversity programs,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Said Beckwith: “The Three-Fifths Compromise, and many other things like that, were designed to make sure that justice was equal for all people and equality re…
'Great move,’ or revisionist history? Indiana’s Beckwith sparks Three-Fifths Compromise debate
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise – which he called “a great move” by the country’s founders toward ending slavery – has thrust the Republican official into the national spotlight and triggered sharp pushback from historians…
Indiana Lt. Gov. Claims Three-Fifths Compromise 'Helped Root Out Slavery'
Source: X / x In today’s episode of If Republicans Don’t Like Being Called White Supremacists, They Should Stop Saying White Supremacist Things, Indiana’s lieutenant governor has become the latest GOP member to make a public attempt at re-whiting — sorry — re-writing history by defending the three-fifths compromise, which, at its core, was an agreement between both slave-owning and non-slave-owning states to keep America running smoothly at the …
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