Mary Barra, General Motors Chairman and CEO, speaks with Bill Lee, Governor of Tennessee. Photo : Bill Pugliano ( Getty Images )

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee tipped his hand, and it’s racist AF.



For some reason that only Southern states will understand, Lee signed a proclamation declaring July 13 Nathan Bedford Forrest Day.


Who in the fuck was Forrest? Well, just a Confederate general, slave trader and an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan, which might be the three most racist jobs in the history of America and he did all of them.

But the governor is claiming that he’s not the one that wants to honor the harborer of the big, little and baby joker of racist work. Lee is blaming it all on the law.


Because Tennessee is in the South, they have a law that dates way back to 1971 that declares that the governor must issue “proclamations for six state holidays each year, including days for Nathan Bedford Forrest and Robert E. Lee,” CBS Nashville affiliate WTVF reported.

From CBS News:

According to the Tennessee code, the governor must declare January 19 as “Robert E. Lee Day”; February 12 as “Abraham Lincoln Day”; March 15 as “Andrew Jackson Day”; June 3 as “Memorial or Confederate Decoration Day”; July 13 as “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day”; and November 11, as “Veterans’ Day.” “I signed the bill because the law requires that I do that and I haven’t looked at changing that law,” Lee said Thursday.

But here’s the thing, when Lee was asked if he thought the law should be changed, he wouldn’t answer. Needless to say, Tennessee Democrats hate all of this were hoping and pushing for a change in the law, but sadly, and racistly, all attempts have failed.

“This a reminder of the painful and hurtful crimes that were committed against black people,” Rep. Vincent Dixie of Nashville 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,” Dixie added .

And if a damn day isn’t enough, there is a bust of Forrest in the state capitol and a big ass statue that can be seen from Interstate 65. CBS News notes that because God is a just and fair G od that the big ass statue, which is on private property, is frequently defaced.