Incredible

A Republican state representative in Missouri, Bryan Stevenson, referred to the Civil War as The War of Northern Aggression. I am not making this up. The full quote was, "What we are dealing with today is the greatest power grab by the federal government since the War of Northern Aggression."

He was referring to the pro-choice Freedom of Choice Act.

Stevenson later apologized for his comment at the behest of an African American representative.

(Via Show Me Progress, which has video of the incident.)

Edit: Oddly enough, there's a professor at NYU law named Bryan Stevenson who is the founder and executive director of the civil rights group Equal Justice Initiative.