Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday he was disappointed with the State Capitol Commission's rejection of a plan to relocate the controversial bust of Confederate general and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest from the statehouse to the state museum.
"I was very disappointed," Haslam said at an event in Brentwood, Tenn. "I was really clear. If we are going to honor a limited number of Tennesseans in the Capitol, Forrest should not be in that list. I think beyond that there [are] some other sensitivities that we want to project as a state that aren't recognized."
The commission on Friday voted 7-5 against seeking a waiver from the Tennessee Historical Commission to remove the bust. The General Assembly could take up the measure separately.
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