GOP Sen. Tom Cotton called slavery a 'necessary evil' in an attack on a New York Times project

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

exploring America's history of racism

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas described slavery as a "necessary evil" in an attack on a New York Times project exploring the legacy of slavery in the US.

Cotton in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette defended a bill he intends to introduce to Congress that would propose cutting federal funding to schools that adopt The Times' "1619 Project" as part of their history curricula.

The project was launched in a special edition of The New York Times Magazine last August marking the 400th anniversary of the start of slavery in what became the US.

In an introduction, The Times said the project was meant to place "the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-sen-tom-cotton-called-slavery-a-necessary-evil-in-an-attack-on-a-new-york-times-project-exploring-americas-history-of-racism/ar-BB17eEM3?li=BBnb7Kz

They don't even try to hide it anymore.

Tom Cotton is an Army veteran who served in Iraq. The military has a large number of minority personnel. I wonder how he got along with his fellow soldiers.

[malaise]

1. There is no necessary evil

It's like killing for peace

[bronxiteforever]

2. Another wanna be tin-pot-dictator.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Maya Angelou

Tom Cotton has told us time and again who he is.

[Shrike47]

3. I want to see his source for the claim. I think he's lying.

[Turbineguy]

4. All slave owners agreed.

It was necessary.

Cotton is bowing to fashion to call it evil.

[Buckeyeblue]

5. What other great evils of the world does he support?

What's his thoughts on the holocaust? What about 100 years of Jim Crow?

He has presidential aspirations but this comment might make that tough.

If Arkansas wasn't an absolute disaster, people from there would call for his resignation.

[DSandra]

6. GOP is proof enough to anyone who doesn't believe that evil exists...