Micah Beckwith, now Indiana's lieutenant governor, speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Greenwood. (Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two members of Indiana’s best political team on Friday said Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith should apologize for his comments on the Three-Fifths Compromise and put the issue to rest.

The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, a group founded as part of the Civil Rights Movement, is asking Gov. Mike Braun to condemn Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith's statement that the Three-fifths Compromise ...

“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 ...

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith on Tuesday night had a town hall meeting at Zionsville Town Hall, addressing controversial comments he’s made about the Three-Fifths ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a claim that has ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash over comments he made over the Three-Fifths Compromise, a 1787 deal tied to the history of slavery in the United States. The ...

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 ...