Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas has described slavery as a "necessary evil".<br />The 1619 Project is an initiative from The New York Times, according to reports CNN.<br />It reframes American history of August 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on America's shores.<br />"As the founding fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the union was built." Tom Cotton<br />Cotton then called the 1619 Project "a racially divisive, revisionist account of history."<br />Cotton now claims he was citing the views of America's founding fathers, rather than his own.<br />However, Cotton introduced legislation to prevent funding for schools that teach the 1619 Project.<br />"(The 1619 Project) denies the noble principles of freedom and equality on which our nation was founded. Not a single cent of federal funding should go to indoctrinate young Americans with this left-wing garbage."<br />There is no record of any Founding Fathers arguing US slavery was a "necessary evil."
