Gen. Wade Hampton, CSA–and governor of South Carolina
According to the Colorado Democrat Supreme Court, voting 4-3, President Donald Trump can’t be on the ballot as a presidential candidate because of the so-called “insurrection” of Jan. 6: a shabby interpretation of the 14th Amendment disqualifying anyone who’d fought for the Confederate States.
But General Wade Hampton was elected governor of South Carolina in 1876, served a four-year term, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served till 1891.
Huh? What about his role in the Civil War? Well, a general amnesty granted in the 1870s took care of that.
Another Confederate general, William Cox, a secessionist from way back, was elected to and served in the House of Representatives.
But now Donald Trump can’t be on the Colorado ballot because of some overstated, tempest-in-a-teapot “insurrection”? When these two men, who led armies against the United States for several years, appeared on their states’ ballots and were elected, and served? Did the amnesty only apply to Democrats? And by the way, did Trump lead any armies?
As usual, Democrats–and the political stooges on the Colorado court–have erected a tower of hypocrisy. And they fully expect to get away with it.
May the LORD Himself confound them.