Descendant of Robert E. Lee criticizes Trump comments

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An indirect descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee said he was “disheartened” that President Donald Trump called his ancestor a “great general.”

Robert Lee IV, a North Carolina pastor who has been openly critical of his great-great-great-great-uncle, accused the president of lying about the legacy of the Southern Civil War general. Speaking in front of 4,000 supporters Friday at a rally in Lebanon, Ohio, Trump declared that Lee was a "true great fighter" and "great general," and claimed that President Abraham Lincoln once had a "phobia" of Lee, who "was winning battle after battle after battle."

"He is showing us that he supports an idol of white supremacy and of hatred," Robert Lee IV said of the president in a video statement he shared Saturday with his 31,000 Twitter followers. "Robert E. Lee fought for the continued enslavement of black bodies. It was for states' rights, yes, but it was for states' rights to own slaves. I find myself saddened by the state of our nation."

https://www.al.com/news/2018/10/desc...-comments.html

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Notice Robert E. Lee IV isn't so appalled by his forefather that he would spend a couple hundred bucks legally changing his name.

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An indirect descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee said he was “disheartened” that President Donald Trump called his ancestor a “great general.”

Robert Lee IV, a North Carolina pastor who has been openly critical of his great-great-great-great-uncle, accused the president of lying about the legacy of the Southern Civil War general. Speaking in front of 4,000 supporters Friday at a rally in Lebanon, Ohio, Trump declared that Lee was a "true great fighter" and "great general," and claimed that President Abraham Lincoln once had a "phobia" of Lee, who "was winning battle after battle after battle."

"He is showing us that he supports an idol of white supremacy and of hatred," Robert Lee IV said of the president in a video statement he shared Saturday with his 31,000 Twitter followers. "Robert E. Lee fought for the continued enslavement of black bodies. It was for states' rights, yes, but it was for states' rights to own slaves. I find myself saddened by the state of our nation."

https://www.al.com/news/2018/10/desc...-comments.html

Stupid comment; there is no doubt that Lee was a great General and tactician regardless of what side he fought for. But I get it; this is a Trump hatred thread like many of the others and we just have to nitpick everything he says.