She's saying that the 1619 Project people DID claim that 1619 was the "true founding" of America, but they did not mean that claim literally (as in, they did not mean the political entity was created then), and their criticis did not thing they meant that claim literally. The 1619 defenders are trying to make their opponents look absurd, and Young is having none of it.
I'm not sure I do, either. What do you make of it?
She's saying that the 1619 Project people DID claim that 1619 was the "true founding" of America, but they did not mean that claim literally (as in, they did not mean the political entity was created then), and their criticis did not thing they meant that claim literally. The 1619 defenders are trying to make their opponents look absurd, and Young is having none of it.