Cameron Sexton

Mittwoch, 11. November 1970

Cameron Sexton (born November 11, 1970) is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 25th district. He is the 83rd and current Speaker of the House in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Sexton served as Majority Caucus Chairman prior to becoming speaker. He has been notable during his tenure for his support of a state celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general, slave trader, and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, and his overruled objection to the removal of the Ku Klux Klan leader's bust from the Tennessee State Capitol. He is also notable for, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee as over 22,000 Tennesseans died from the virus, arguing for the prohibition of face mask and COVID-19 vaccine re