Thurs July 9, Tenn committee to vote on Nathan Bedford Forrest bust in state capitol

[Tanuki]

5. Thank you! I will set aside some time this weekend for e-mailing

And I did not realize that Matthew Hill was on the commission. He is beyond loathsome.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hill

"Rep. Hill was among a handful of Tennessee General Assembly Members within the House of Representatives widely reported during 2009 as a "birther", demanding that U.S President Barack Obama be compelled to present Hill and other legislators with a certified copy of Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate.[6] Hill interviewed the nationally noted "birther" conspiracy advocate Orly Taitz at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville for a February 10, 2009 segment podcasted online by the IRN USA Radio News network during "The Matthew Hill Show.[19][20]
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In early 2017, Hill and State Senator Bill Ketron garnered national attention by proposing legislation that would free motorists of civil liability for running down political demonstrators.[27]

Hill amended a 2018 bill to strip Memphis of $250,000 after the majority-black city opted to remove the busts of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest."....(more)