'Attack on Democracy': GOP Senator Slammed After Invoking Racist 'Three Fifths Compromise'

'Attack on democracy': GOP senator slammed after invoking racist 'Three-fifths Compromise'

U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) is under fire after invoking the U.S. Constitution’s racist Three-Fifths Compromise—that mandated slaves be counted only as three-fifths of a person—to defend his claim that undocumented immigrants should not be counted at all in President Donald Trump’s push for an unprecedented new census.The U.S. Constitution is clear and cannot be changed without a constitutional amendment. Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 stat…

'Attack on Democracy': GOP Senator Slammed After Invoking Racist 'Three Fifths Compromise'

U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) is under fire after invoking the U.S. Constitution’s racist Three-Fifths Compromise—that mandated slaves be counted only as three-fifths of a person—to defend his claim that undocumented immigrants should not be counted at all in President Donald Trump’s push for an unprecedented new census. The U.S. Constitution is clear and cannot be changed without a constitutional amendment. Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 sta…