‘Revisionist History’: Ted Cruz Defends Trump’s Assertions Against NY Times’ ‘1619 Project’

‘Revisionist History’: Ted Cruz Defends Trump’s Assertions Against NY Times’ ‘1619 Project’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during a Senate Judiciary hearing about sanctuary jurisdictions, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 22, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Jack Phillips
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took aim at the New York Times’ “1619 Project” after President Donald Trump suggested he would look into redirecting funds away from schools that use it.

“The 1619 Project,” created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and panned by numerous historians and political scientists, attempts to cast the Atlantic slave trade as the dominant factor in the founding of America—rather than natural rights and liberty.

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