Republican state lawmaker Justin Lafferty made a false claim about the three-fifths compromise, a pro-slavery compromise that counted slaves as 3/5 of a person during the drafting of the Constitution, during a speech he made on the Tennessee House floor.
CNN’s Laura Jarrett reports.
Justin Lafferty
Republican Party 
Tennessee
Republican state lawmaker Justin Lafferty made a false claim about the three-fifths compromise, a pro-slavery compromise that..
A Tennessee Republican has falsely declared that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted..