GOP Senator Tom Cotton called slavery a 'necessary evil' in an attack on a New York Times project exploring America's history of racism

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• Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, citing the Founding Fathers, described slavery as a "necessary evil" in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
• Cotton was defending a bill he proposed that would cut off funding for schools adopting the New York Times' 1619 Project as part of their curricula. 
• The 1619 Project was launched last year, and seeks to explore America's history of racism and the legacy of slavery. 
• The project won a Pulitzer but has been criticised as ideologically driven by some conservatives. 
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Republican Senator 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, which proposes cutting federal funding to schools which adopt The Times's 1619 Project as part of their history curricula.

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