Clyburn on Trump's praise for Lee: 'The president is now glorifying a loser'
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., on Sunday offered a sharp rejoinder to President Donald Trump’s lauding of Robert E. Lee as a “great general,” noting that Trump “always said that he hated losers.””The fact of the matter is, Robert E. Lee was a great tactician,” Clyburn said on ABC News’ “This Week,” then added, “Was not a great person. Robert E. Lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master. Thankfully, he lost that war. And I find it kind of interesting that the […]
