Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Micah Beckwith, now Indiana's lieutenant governor, speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Greenwood. (Casey ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. called the 1787 law that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person "a great move." ...

UPDATE (4/30/2025): When asked on April 30, 2025, about Beckwith’s comments regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise, Gov. Mike Braun took a disapproving stance. “I definitely wouldn’t have used that ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith criticized state Senate Democrats for equating a GOP legislative proposal intended to root out diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A coalition of clergy is asking for an apology from Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith for his recent comments about the Three-Fifths Compromise in the original United States Constitution. They ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash for sharing a debunked conservative argument that the Three-Fifths Compromise was a step toward ending slavery in response to a discussion ...

Perhaps he doesn’t understand how fractions work. That’s about the only rationalization Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith could make for his appallingly inaccurate characterization of the Three-Fifths ...

“Our Fathers in forming the Federal Constitution entered into a guilty compromise on the subject of Slavery, and heavily is that sin now visited upon their children.” The bracing opening line of ...

Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash over comments he made over the Three-Fifths Compromise, a 1787 deal tied to ...

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith explains in his stance in defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise in a social media video posted Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Screenshot from a video posted to the lieutenant ...