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Late Night Wonders Whether Tom Cotton Is a Necessary Evil Late Night Wonders Whether Tom Cotton Is a Necessary Evil
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In a recent interview with an Arkansas newspaper, one of the state’s Republican senators, Tom Cotton, referred to slavery as a “necessary evil upon which the union was built.” He was arguing against a new school curriculum incorporating The New York Times’s 1619 Project, which puts slavery at the center of the American story.In a recent interview with an Arkansas newspaper, one of the state’s Republican senators, Tom Cotton, referred to slavery as a “necessary evil upon which the union was built.” He was arguing against a new school curriculum incorporating The New York Times’s 1619 Project, which puts slavery at the center of the American story.
“A sitting United States senator said that. At least, I think Tom Cotton is a senator — he looks like the Confederate Slender Man.” — SETH MEYERS
“Seriously, these guys just keep coming up with winners. I mean, what’s next? Is Trump going to say something nice about an alleged sex trafficker and predator who was arrested by the F.B.I. at a remote — oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, right.” — SETH MEYERS
“Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up — so Senator Cotton thinks that this curriculum is racially divisive? Really, this curriculum? Yo, you know what’s really racially divisive? Slavery.” — TREVOR NOAH
“This guy acts like racial division doesn’t exist until slavery gets taught in school.” — TREVOR NOAH
“And here is the thing: People are upset because when Cotton says that slavery was a ‘necessary evil on which the union was built,’ it sounds like he’s defending slavery, all right? And that’s not something a U.S. senator should do, even if his name is Cotton. I mean, how is he going to stay objective? I get it.” — TREVOR NOAH
“But if you dig deeper and you take Cotton at his word, all right, he believes that the United States could not have become the country that it is without slavery. Well, that’s the same thing that The 1619 Project says. So why is he fighting them? You guys don’t need to fight, you agree on the same thing.” — TREVOR NOAH
“President Trump announced yesterday he will not be able to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a New York Yankees game next month because of his, quote, ‘strong focus on the China virus, including scheduled meetings on vaccines, our economy and much else.’ He then ran the tweet by his proofreader, Brett Favre. [As Favre] ‘Looks good! Let’s hit the back nine.’” — SETH MEYERS
“Trump won’t be throwing out the first pitch, although, thanks to his handling of the pandemic, he might be able to throw out the last pitch of the season tomorrow.” — JIMMY FALLON
“I wish Trump didn’t cancel, mostly because I wanted to see him slowly walk down the pitcher’s mound.” — JIMMY FALLON
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The soccer star Megan Rapinoe will pay a virtual visit to “The Tonight Show.”The soccer star Megan Rapinoe will pay a virtual visit to “The Tonight Show.”
The latest “challenge accepted” social media craze is something we’ve seen before: the selfie for a vague cause.The latest “challenge accepted” social media craze is something we’ve seen before: the selfie for a vague cause.