Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith defends controversial comments on Three-Fifths Compromise at heated town hall meeting in Zionsville.

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An Indiana debate over history and power is growing. Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith recently defended the Three-Fifths Compromise in a social media video. The compromise counted enslaved people as three ...

This letter serves as a rebuttal of one in which Lt. Gov. Beckwith was defended for his Three-Fifths Compromise remarks. The author claims the compromise was not to protect slavery, but to save ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is so terrorized by Pride Month that he took to his Facebook page to warn others that "The Rainbow Beast Is Coming For Your Kids!” Oh, no, not the dreaded rainbow beast ...

Gov. Micah Beckwith. The comments, made on April 24 on Beckwith's X page, were about a 1787 deal tied to slavery. In that video, he called the Three-Fifths Compromise "a great move." The video came in ...

In that video, he called the Three-Fifths Compromise "a great move." The video came in response to a debate during the legislative session over a Senate bill that Democrats compared to the Three ...