Moscow Mitch sends letter to Education secretary demanding removal of the 1619 Project from federal

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

grant programs

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is wading into the culture wars Friday morning.

In a letter obtained by CNN, the Republican leader asks Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to abandon curriculum in American schools that McConnell argues tells a revisionist history of America's founding.

McConnell claims these programs such as The New York Times 1619 Project "re-orient" the view of American History "away from their intended purposes toward a politicized and divisive agenda." Politico was the first to report on the letter.

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The project, launched by The New York Times in 2019, reframes American history around the date of August 1619 when the first slave ship arrived on America's shores, and it has launched a fierce debate over the legacy that slavery has played in shaping America, particularly as it relates to its treatment of Black citizens.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-sends-letter-to-education-secretary-demanding-removal-of-the-1619-project-from-federal-grant-programs/ar-BB1gdWJs

[Cuthbert Allgood]

1. So Mitch is trying to *checks notes* cancel it?

[Midnight Writer]

2. Mitch demands? Mitch, you are a legislator. If you want something done, write a bill.

Gather up some co-sponsors, submit it through the appropriate committees, usher it through the floor debates, and bring it up for a vote.

And hope some individual asshole doesn't play The Grim Reaper and kills the damn thing.

[ShazamIam]

3. Mitch is publicly declaring his deep and sincere racism. It's like he wants it made clear to all, he

wants no misunderstanding, he is a white nationalist and a fascist.

[Comfortably_Numb]

4. Moscow Mitch says what???

[Solly Mack]

5. Fuck Him and all who think like he does.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. So Moscow Mitch thinks he can "cancel" slavery?

That takes a set of balls, which I did not think turtles had.

The first Africans did arrive in the British settlement of Jamestown, named for King James I, in 1619. The rest is history.

[malaise]

7. CNN link

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/30/politics/mcconnell-1619-project-education-secretary/index.html

Fuck you MoscowMitch!

[Historic NY]

8. Instead of saying there are inconsistencies...

I just got back from Jamestown one of the many made since 1994 when Jamestown Rediscovery began it mission. There is more to the story of just saying 1619 w/o further context. The hundreds of people involved, especially the young people digging in the hot sun and those stuck piecing together fragments, along with thousands of hours of research brought this story to the forefront. Before 1994 its was thought all was lost of the settlement, I'm confident more will be found that will accurately complete the story. New things are learned, daily, weekly, monthly, that aid this effort. People should visit.

[11 Bravo]

9. Mitch, Mitch, Mitch. How many times do you have to watch the ...

Schoolhouse Rock video How a Bill Becomes a Law, before it penetrates your shell?