This from Jennifer M. Vanover:

Saving American History Act of 2020 bill by Senator Tom Cotton (AK-R): To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to teach the 1619 Project curriculum in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes. Line 7 (3): "An activist movement is now gaining momentum to deny or obfuscate this history by claiming that America was not founded on the ideals of the Declaration but rather on slavery and oppression." Line 12 (4): "This distortion of American history is being taught to children in public school classrooms via the New York Times’ ‘‘1619 Project’’, which claims that ‘‘nearly everything that has truly made America exceptional’’ grew ‘‘out of slavery’."

Per the Democrat-Gazett e, "The entire premise of the New York Times’ factually, historically flawed 1619 Project … is that America is at root, a systemically racist country to the core and irredeemable... .Instead of portraying America as "an irredeemably corrupt, rotten and racist country,” the nation should be viewed "as an imperfect and flawed land, but the greatest and noblest country in the history of mankind,” Cotton said.

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