Faith leaders call Braun's Beckwith comments inadequate
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[{'start': '1.040', 'end': '4.400', 'text': "Faith leaders call Governor Brun's"}, {'start': '2.720', 'end': '6.160', 'text': "reaction to his lieutenant governor's"}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '8.320', 'text': 'comments about the three-fifths'}, {'start': '6.160', 'end': '10.240', 'text': 'compromise inadequate. Now, the'}, {'start': '8.320', 'end': '12.960', 'text': 'three-fifths compromise is a provision'}, {'start': '10.240', 'end': '16.320', 'text': 'in the US Constitution that counted each'}, {'start': '12.960', 'end': '17.680', 'text': 'enslaved person 35ths of a person. And'}, {'start': '16.320', 'end': '19.279', 'text': "faith leaders tell News8's government"}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '22.720', 'text': 'reporter Garrett Burrquist they expect'}, {'start': '19.279', 'end': '24.640', 'text': 'stronger protest in the days ahead.'}, {'start': '22.720', 'end': '26.800', 'text': 'The concerned clergy of Indianapolis say'}, {'start': '24.640', 'end': '28.480', 'text': 'Brun missed a broader point about what'}, {'start': '26.800', 'end': '31.199', 'text': "Micah Beckwith's words about the"}, {'start': '28.480', 'end': '32.520', 'text': 'three-fifths compromise conveyed. He'}, {'start': '31.199', 'end': '36.280', 'text': 'needs to make'}, {'start': '32.520', 'end': '39.680', 'text': 'a a firm statement that hey he'}, {'start': '36.280', 'end': '41.520', 'text': 'condemns any uh language etc that'}, {'start': '39.680', 'end': '44.879', 'text': 'supports three-fifths of a person cuz'}, {'start': '41.520', 'end': '48.079', 'text': 'that was degrading of uh black people.'}, {'start': '44.879', 'end': '50.879', 'text': 'Slavery was a time of pain and suffering'}, {'start': '48.079', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'for black people. So there was no quote'}, {'start': '50.879', 'end': '56.320', 'text': 'unquote a great move about being'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '57.680', 'text': 'considered a three-fifths of a person.'}, {'start': '56.320', 'end': '59.760', 'text': 'And so the governor needs to be clear'}, {'start': '57.680', 'end': '61.840', 'text': 'about that. The uproar began one week'}, {'start': '59.760', 'end': '64.080', 'text': 'ago when Senate Democrats brought up the'}, {'start': '61.840', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'three-fifths compromise in a debate over'}, {'start': '64.080', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'a bill to dismantle diversity, equity,'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '70.159', 'text': 'and inclusion programs. As a reminder,'}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'the three-fifths compromise was a'}, {'start': '70.159', 'end': '74.159', 'text': 'provision the founders wrote into the'}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '77.040', 'text': 'original text of the US Constitution in'}, {'start': '74.159', 'end': '78.960', 'text': '1787. It counted three-fifths of all'}, {'start': '77.040', 'end': '80.680', 'text': 'enslaved people for the purposes of'}, {'start': '78.960', 'end': '82.799', 'text': 'allocating seats in the US House of'}, {'start': '80.680', 'end': '85.759', 'text': 'Representatives. The 14th amendment in'}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '88.159', 'text': '1868 eliminated that provision. After'}, {'start': '85.759', 'end': '90.640', 'text': 'the DEI bill passed, Beckwith posted'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '93.759', 'text': 'this video on his official exac account.'}, {'start': '90.640', 'end': '96.320', 'text': 'It was not a proiscination or an or a'}, {'start': '93.759', 'end': '97.680', 'text': 'slivered driving compromise that the'}, {'start': '96.320', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'founders made. It was actually just the'}, {'start': '97.680', 'end': '102.240', 'text': 'opposite. And what that did, it actually'}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '104.720', 'text': 'limited the number of pro-slave'}, {'start': '102.240', 'end': '107.280', 'text': 'representatives in Congress by 40%. This'}, {'start': '104.720', 'end': '110.159', 'text': 'was a great move by the North to make'}, {'start': '107.280', 'end': '111.280', 'text': 'sure that slavery would be eradicated in'}, {'start': '110.159', 'end': '113.200', 'text': 'our nation. They knew what they were'}, {'start': '111.280', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'doing. Braun said nothing about it'}, {'start': '113.200', 'end': '117.920', 'text': 'publicly despite multiple calls to do so'}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'until I asked him about it on Wednesday.'}, {'start': '117.920', 'end': '122.439', 'text': "I've not commented till now. So, I"}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '125.920', 'text': "definitely wouldn't have used that"}, {'start': '122.439', 'end': '128.479', 'text': "characterization and I don't like it. Uh"}, {'start': '125.920', 'end': '130.800', 'text': "I'm a believer that you better start"}, {'start': '128.479', 'end': '134.280', 'text': "thinking about what you're saying before"}, {'start': '130.800', 'end': '138.319', 'text': "it comes out. So, I'll leave it at that."}, {'start': '134.280', 'end': '140.560', 'text': "Um, and um, I think that you don't want"}, {'start': '138.319', 'end': '143.280', 'text': 'to make headlines the wrong way because'}, {'start': '140.560', 'end': '144.959', 'text': 'it takes away from the substance of what'}, {'start': '143.280', 'end': '146.879', 'text': "you're trying to do in general. So,"}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '149.319', 'text': "that'll be the end of my comment on it."}, {'start': '146.879', 'end': '152.400', 'text': 'So, does he believe in the same ideology'}, {'start': '149.319', 'end': '155.760', 'text': 'that that black people three-fifths of a'}, {'start': '152.400', 'end': '157.840', 'text': 'person and that would still be offensive'}, {'start': '155.760', 'end': '159.200', 'text': 'and it had the lieutenant governor chose'}, {'start': '157.840', 'end': '163.239', 'text': 'different words, it would have been'}, {'start': '159.200', 'end': '166.560', 'text': 'okay. So he never did uh'}, {'start': '163.239', 'end': '168.480', 'text': 'firmly condemn the remarks. He walked'}, {'start': '166.560', 'end': '170.000', 'text': "around it. Green's group will hold a"}, {'start': '168.480', 'end': '172.319', 'text': 'news conference about the matter on'}, {'start': '170.000', 'end': '174.239', 'text': 'Friday. He says they also will turn in a'}, {'start': '172.319', 'end': '176.800', 'text': 'petition calling on Bronn to condemn'}, {'start': '174.239', 'end': '178.800', 'text': "Beckwith's remarks. Green says more than"}, {'start': '176.800', 'end': '180.640', 'text': '500 people have signed it as of Thursday'}, {'start': '178.800', 'end': '183.120', 'text': "morning. He says he's considering"}, {'start': '180.640', 'end': '184.800', 'text': 'further protests such as a sit in. We'}, {'start': '183.120', 'end': '188.800', 'text': 'just believe the governor or the'}, {'start': '184.800', 'end': '190.879', 'text': 'governor should want Indiana to be a'}, {'start': '188.800', 'end': '193.680', 'text': 'welcoming state for all people and one'}, {'start': '190.879', 'end': '196.640', 'text': "that's lives the state that's based on"}, {'start': '193.680', 'end': '198.319', 'text': "the truth and not lies. So, we're going"}, {'start': '196.640', 'end': '200.959', 'text': "to continue to push it. It's not going"}, {'start': '198.319', 'end': '202.720', 'text': "anywhere. I asked Beckwit's office for"}, {'start': '200.959', 'end': '204.560', 'text': 'comment. They told me he has nothing'}, {'start': '202.720', 'end': '206.239', 'text': "further to add at this point. I'm"}, {'start': '204.560', 'end': '208.879', 'text': 'Garrett Bergquist for Wish TV and'}, {'start': '206.239', 'end': '208.879', 'text': 'wishtv.com.'}]