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GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert grilled the Smithsonian yesterday because she thinks a museum dedicated to American history should feature “tens of millions of aborted babies.” I just… Huh? That’s not how history museums work, space cadet. They preserve and interpret history. They don’t exist to check every box on... show more

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🚨 NOW — REP. LAUREN BOEBERT: What about the tens of millions of aborted babies killed in America? Where's the justice and compassion for them? SMITHSONIAN DIRECTOR: I believe in a just and compassionate future BOEBERT: Tens of millions of babies. Where's THEIR history? Is that not part of our American history? Or is it only what you care about, white privilege, whiteness. Do you just care about racism and making people feel guilty? Over 50 million babies aborted.

🚨 NOW — REP. LAUREN BOEBERT: What about the tens of millions of aborted babies killed in America? Where's the justice and compassion for them? SMITHSONIAN DIRECTOR: I believe in a just and compassionate future BOEBERT: Tens of millions of babies. Where's THEIR history? Is that not part of our American history? Or is it only what you care about, white privilege, whiteness. Do you just care about racism and making people feel guilty? Over 50 million babies aborted.

Eric Daugherty

219,892 views • 18 days ago

I recently joined the broadcast to discuss the far-left, ideological capture of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Politically correct activists took over our museums a long time ago; they are now rewriting history and indoctrinating our children with false narratives. I used to love visiting the Smithsonian, but I would not take my great-grandchildren there today. It is time for "we the people" to reclaim our institutions and resanitize our museums. This is not a partisan issue, every sane American should be upset by this! #Smithsonian #AmericanHistory #ProtectOurChildren #ReclaimAmerica

I recently joined the broadcast to discuss the far-left, ideological capture of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Politically correct activists took over our museums a long time ago; they are now rewriting history and indoctrinating our children with false narratives. I used to love visiting the Smithsonian, but I would not take my great-grandchildren there today. It is time for "we the people" to reclaim our institutions and resanitize our museums. This is not a partisan issue, every sane American should be upset by this! #Smithsonian #AmericanHistory #ProtectOurChildren #ReclaimAmerica

Carol M. Swain, PhD

21,392 views • 1 month ago

Trump on his plans to review Smithsonian museums: We want the museums to talk about the history of our country in a fair manner, not in a woke manner or in a racist manner, which is what many of them are doing

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FactPost

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President Donald Trump this week accused the Smithsonian museums of being “out of control” and claimed that they focused too much on “how bad slavery was.” Against this backdrop, PBS News spoke with Vedet Coleman-Robinson, CEO of the Association of African American Museums, and asked for her guidance on museums that offer exhibitions on the history of the Black experience in the U.S. Here are five recommended museums and exhibitions.

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PBS News

12,001 views • 11 months ago

Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told Congress they need to “clean out house at the Smithsonian,” during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday focused on the way the Smithsonian Institution presents scholarship on U.S. history. Rep. Brian Jack, R-Ga., asked Gonzalez what Congress should do to fix what he described as an “ideological takeover of many of our institutions.” Jack said it was “clearly a problem” that is “dividing our country.” Gonzalez said that “trying to reform with the present leadership” wouldn’t do anything. “They're committed to the things they want to do,” he said. “We only have to listen to what they say and look at the evidence of what they have produced.” Gonzalez said the Smithsonian’s exhibit review process, which the director of the National Museum of American History had previously detailed, isn't “going to fix anything.” In announcing the hearing, the Republican-led committee claimed that the “Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is promoting a narrow, politically tendentious agenda instead of seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon of liberty, democracy, and opportunity.” In President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has sought to clamp down on how American history is framed in public spaces, removing exhibits from national parks on slavery and violence against Native Americans. The hearing is one of two scheduled for this week in the House focused on the Smithsonian.

Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told Congress they need to “clean out house at the Smithsonian,” during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday focused on the way the Smithsonian Institution presents scholarship on U.S. history. Rep. Brian Jack, R-Ga., asked Gonzalez what Congress should do to fix what he described as an “ideological takeover of many of our institutions.” Jack said it was “clearly a problem” that is “dividing our country.” Gonzalez said that “trying to reform with the present leadership” wouldn’t do anything. “They're committed to the things they want to do,” he said. “We only have to listen to what they say and look at the evidence of what they have produced.” Gonzalez said the Smithsonian’s exhibit review process, which the director of the National Museum of American History had previously detailed, isn't “going to fix anything.” In announcing the hearing, the Republican-led committee claimed that the “Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is promoting a narrow, politically tendentious agenda instead of seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon of liberty, democracy, and opportunity.” In President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has sought to clamp down on how American history is framed in public spaces, removing exhibits from national parks on slavery and violence against Native Americans. The hearing is one of two scheduled for this week in the House focused on the Smithsonian.

PBS News

23,367 views • 18 days ago

WATCH: CBS’s Tony Dokoupil delivers a MASSIVE reality check to those saying President Trump and others want to censor American history by calling on museums like the Smithsonian to focus more on our country’s greatness. Co-host Gayle King and Vlad Duthiers strongly disagreed, suggesting this is “whitewash[ing]” true history.... “American history shouldn’t be a thing of reverence. The country is not above critique, but we shouldn’t look at our history with contempt. And I think there is some room for a correction back toward the middle. And, in fact, you know, Lonnie Bunch, who heads the Smithsonian — and Donald Trump and his administration — in a letter there — they are saying quite the same things. The mission of the Smithsonian is to forge a shared history, a shared future, not just context but hope to lead the country and communities together. That’s essentially the same language that Donald Trump is offering here and I do think there’s room to say in American history what you are describing that process of a journey toward greatness is very real and we all have something to be incredibly proud of. And you talk about overseas, I think the world and its people if you ask — if you ask someone is the world and its people better off because of the existence of America and its people? To me, the answer is unquestionably yes. And I think people walking in the Smithsonian — when they walk out of it, they should get some sense of that.”

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Fascist attacks on museums are not just about history, they're an assault on truth itself. That’s why Trump is working overtime to turn our museums into instruments of MAGA propaganda. He’s pressuring the Smithsonian to remove, whitewash, & rewrite our stories. But we won’t allow it.

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Fox News

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GOP Rep. Tim Burchett grilled the Smithsonian’s history museum director this week because — and I want to be precise here — he’s mad that “oppressors” aren’t celebrated enough in American history exhibits. His words: “history is just an ongoing power struggle between oppressors and the oppressed… only the oppressed are celebrated.” Dude… The Boston Tea Party was oppressed colonists throwing a tax revolt. The Declaration of Independence is a 1,300-word list of grievances against a king. The entire founding mythology of this country is “oppressors oppressed us, so we rose up.” That’s not woke revisionism — that’s literally the poster for America.

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett grilled the Smithsonian’s history museum director this week because — and I want to be precise here — he’s mad that “oppressors” aren’t celebrated enough in American history exhibits. His words: “history is just an ongoing power struggle between oppressors and the oppressed… only the oppressed are celebrated.” Dude… The Boston Tea Party was oppressed colonists throwing a tax revolt. The Declaration of Independence is a 1,300-word list of grievances against a king. The entire founding mythology of this country is “oppressors oppressed us, so we rose up.” That’s not woke revisionism — that’s literally the poster for America.

Dittie

52,121 views • 18 days ago

Cupp: One of the first things Russia did after it invaded Ukraine illegally was have the ministry of culture review all the museums to make sure that they were sufficiently pro-Russian exceptionalism. It took over around 40 museums in Ukraine. This stuff happens all the time in totalitarian and authoritarian countries that want to whitewash history for the benefit of propaganda. It's not about highlighting, putting one thing in this corner versus that corner. It's the difference between history and propaganda. And museums should not be in the in the business of propaganda

Cupp: One of the first things Russia did after it invaded Ukraine illegally was have the ministry of culture review all the museums to make sure that they were sufficiently pro-Russian exceptionalism. It took over around 40 museums in Ukraine. This stuff happens all the time in totalitarian and authoritarian countries that want to whitewash history for the benefit of propaganda. It's not about highlighting, putting one thing in this corner versus that corner. It's the difference between history and propaganda. And museums should not be in the in the business of propaganda

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203,511 views • 1 year ago

Trump 2017: I had the privilege of visiting the National Museum of African American history and culture right here in Washington, D.C. It's a new, beautiful smithsonian museum that serves as a shining example of African Americans’ incredible contributions to our culture, our society, and our history. It also tells of the great struggle for freedom and equality that prevailed against the sins of slavery, and the injustice of discrimination. The work and love of the people who helped create such a masterpiece is a testament to the legacy of so many leaders.

Trump 2017: I had the privilege of visiting the National Museum of African American history and culture right here in Washington, D.C. It's a new, beautiful smithsonian museum that serves as a shining example of African Americans’ incredible contributions to our culture, our society, and our history. It also tells of the great struggle for freedom and equality that prevailed against the sins of slavery, and the injustice of discrimination. The work and love of the people who helped create such a masterpiece is a testament to the legacy of so many leaders.

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216,769 views • 11 months ago

ALERT: Rep. Brandon Gill fires back after Jasmine Crockett called yesterday’s Smithsonian hearing a “white pride rally.” "The hearing is about not having “pictures of men in bondage gear in a history museum that’s open to children.” “At some point, the left genuinely doesn’t have anything to respond to… so they kind of just fall back on ‘Republicans are holding a white pride rally.’”

ALERT: Rep. Brandon Gill fires back after Jasmine Crockett called yesterday’s Smithsonian hearing a “white pride rally.” "The hearing is about not having “pictures of men in bondage gear in a history museum that’s open to children.” “At some point, the left genuinely doesn’t have anything to respond to… so they kind of just fall back on ‘Republicans are holding a white pride rally.’”

E X X ➠A L E R T S

75,323 views • 17 days ago

Get this to Donald J. Trump asap! This is Jane Hampton Cook, author and columnist. The Smithsonian asked her to write an article about women's suffrage. She chose to write about Susan B. Anthony. When she sent her work to the Smithsonian, they sent it back asking her to describe Susan B. Anthony as a RACIST. She refused and lost the writing gig. Susan B. Anthony was an abolitionist who was against slavery. At the beginning of the Civil War, she gathered thousands of signatures from Americans, calling on President Abraham Lincoln to abolish slavery. The Smithsonian is not telling history, they are Distorting History! Stephen Miller Karoline Leavitt Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 Harmeet K. Dhillon Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 Anna Paulina Luna

Get this to Donald J. Trump asap! This is Jane Hampton Cook, author and columnist. The Smithsonian asked her to write an article about women's suffrage. She chose to write about Susan B. Anthony. When she sent her work to the Smithsonian, they sent it back asking her to describe Susan B. Anthony as a RACIST. She refused and lost the writing gig. Susan B. Anthony was an abolitionist who was against slavery. At the beginning of the Civil War, she gathered thousands of signatures from Americans, calling on President Abraham Lincoln to abolish slavery. The Smithsonian is not telling history, they are Distorting History! Stephen Miller Karoline Leavitt Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 Harmeet K. Dhillon Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 Anna Paulina Luna

MJTruthUltra

215,010 views • 11 months ago

Sunny Hostin on the White House accusing the Smithsonian institution of radical ideology in its museums exhibits: "This reflects a really broad effort by the Trump administration to reshape the way the nation's history is told so that this country does not have to pay Black people for the forced labor and the unpaid labor that built this country."

Sunny Hostin on the White House accusing the Smithsonian institution of radical ideology in its museums exhibits: "This reflects a really broad effort by the Trump administration to reshape the way the nation's history is told so that this country does not have to pay Black people for the forced labor and the unpaid labor that built this country."

The View

34,222 views • 17 days ago

Update on Cracker Barrel! They were headed down a slippery slope. They turned against their target demographic and American values. They started with DEI and identity-based employee groups, pride flags, were removing Americana decor and themes, and opting for a warehouse look on the outside and a bright white lit, soulless feeling on the inside. They were removing the memorabilia (history) and removing American flags. After SO MUCH BACKLASH... they have reverted to the style their customers love so much. They are celebrating America's 250th year with flags outside and on the menu. They are featuring a Red, White, and Blue sprinkled brownie desert and are keeping the cozy feel. My trip to the cracker barrel store and diner was a more patriotic experience than visiting the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Hopefully one day we can go back to the Smithsonian History Museum in DC and see major improvements as well. Big WIN!!!

Update on Cracker Barrel! They were headed down a slippery slope. They turned against their target demographic and American values. They started with DEI and identity-based employee groups, pride flags, were removing Americana decor and themes, and opting for a warehouse look on the outside and a bright white lit, soulless feeling on the inside. They were removing the memorabilia (history) and removing American flags. After SO MUCH BACKLASH... they have reverted to the style their customers love so much. They are celebrating America's 250th year with flags outside and on the menu. They are featuring a Red, White, and Blue sprinkled brownie desert and are keeping the cozy feel. My trip to the cracker barrel store and diner was a more patriotic experience than visiting the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Hopefully one day we can go back to the Smithsonian History Museum in DC and see major improvements as well. Big WIN!!!

Angela Rose

20,536 views • 2 days ago

Nobody denies that the Smithsonian must cover the ugly parts of America’s past. The White House affirms that the museum “should tell the whole story of a nation, including the good and the bad.” The issue is that the Smithsonian is openly anti-civilization, spreading the big lies that America is fundamentally racist and genocidal, and that girls can become boys. — Smithsonian Under Secretary Kevin Gover called Christopher Columbus a “murderer,” “slaver,” and “thief” and urged the abolition of Columbus Day. — The museum’s 2023 diversity report showcased a Smithsonian employee’s statement that it will be nice when the United States “exists in hindsight.” — In 2020, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture published a chart attributing “hard work,” “self-reliance,” “objectivity,” the “nuclear family,” and politeness to “white culture,” removing it only after public backlash. Measured against that record, the Trump administration’s actions have been restrained. Nobody from the Trump administration has fired anyone at the National Museum of American History. Trump’s Executive Order directs the Vice President to act “through his role on the Smithsonian Board of Regents,” the governing body Congress created, rather than by unilateral command. The order simply stated that museums “should be places where individuals go to learn,” not venues for ideological indoctrination. The August 2025 letter asked eight museums to turn over exhibition descriptions, plans, and internal guidelines, the kind of documentation any auditor would request. Meanwhile, the Smithsonian has changed almost nothing. In December 2025, the White House complained that “The overwhelming majority of the Phase 1 materials originally due no later than September 10, 2025, remain outstanding” and that folders for current and future exhibitions “contain no substantive content.” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch responded to the July 4 report by reasserting the institution’s “steadfast commitment to scholarship, nonpartisanship, independence, accuracy and integrity.” But the museum’s website still carries the mission statement without the words “American history.” The “Becoming US” curriculum, with its instructions to avoid the term “illegal alien,” and the Illegal to Be You companion site both remain online. And Hartig was unrepentant. “As we continue to fact-check the report,” she said, “we unwaveringly attest that it does not fairly or accurately characterize the full body of work at the museum.” Bunch and Hartig must step down, or Congress must defund the Smithsonian... Please subscribe now to support Public's defense of civilization, read the full article, and watch the full video!

Nobody denies that the Smithsonian must cover the ugly parts of America’s past. The White House affirms that the museum “should tell the whole story of a nation, including the good and the bad.” The issue is that the Smithsonian is openly anti-civilization, spreading the big lies that America is fundamentally racist and genocidal, and that girls can become boys. — Smithsonian Under Secretary Kevin Gover called Christopher Columbus a “murderer,” “slaver,” and “thief” and urged the abolition of Columbus Day. — The museum’s 2023 diversity report showcased a Smithsonian employee’s statement that it will be nice when the United States “exists in hindsight.” — In 2020, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture published a chart attributing “hard work,” “self-reliance,” “objectivity,” the “nuclear family,” and politeness to “white culture,” removing it only after public backlash. Measured against that record, the Trump administration’s actions have been restrained. Nobody from the Trump administration has fired anyone at the National Museum of American History. Trump’s Executive Order directs the Vice President to act “through his role on the Smithsonian Board of Regents,” the governing body Congress created, rather than by unilateral command. The order simply stated that museums “should be places where individuals go to learn,” not venues for ideological indoctrination. The August 2025 letter asked eight museums to turn over exhibition descriptions, plans, and internal guidelines, the kind of documentation any auditor would request. Meanwhile, the Smithsonian has changed almost nothing. In December 2025, the White House complained that “The overwhelming majority of the Phase 1 materials originally due no later than September 10, 2025, remain outstanding” and that folders for current and future exhibitions “contain no substantive content.” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch responded to the July 4 report by reasserting the institution’s “steadfast commitment to scholarship, nonpartisanship, independence, accuracy and integrity.” But the museum’s website still carries the mission statement without the words “American history.” The “Becoming US” curriculum, with its instructions to avoid the term “illegal alien,” and the Illegal to Be You companion site both remain online. And Hartig was unrepentant. “As we continue to fact-check the report,” she said, “we unwaveringly attest that it does not fairly or accurately characterize the full body of work at the museum.” Bunch and Hartig must step down, or Congress must defund the Smithsonian... Please subscribe now to support Public's defense of civilization, read the full article, and watch the full video!

Michael Shellenberger

48,544 views • 17 days ago

From family-friendly… to “maybe let’s just go home.” The Smithsonian pulls in $1.08B annually and now the spotlight’s on what that’s really producing. Following an executive order calling for a full audit of the National Museum of American History, the Trump administration released a sweeping report outlining thousands of shortcomings in how American history is presented. Read more: Mike Gonzalez is the Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

From family-friendly… to “maybe let’s just go home.” The Smithsonian pulls in $1.08B annually and now the spotlight’s on what that’s really producing. Following an executive order calling for a full audit of the National Museum of American History, the Trump administration released a sweeping report outlining thousands of shortcomings in how American history is presented. Read more: Mike Gonzalez is the Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

Heritage Foundation

14,592 views • 1 month ago

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., said Black Americans are “outraged at what is happening now with these efforts to do away with the African American museum and all of the Smithsonian,” during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday. “If you erase it, we will replace it,” Mfume said. “It’s that damn simple.” In his comments, Mfume quoted former President Abraham Lincoln and said “history taught us and still teaches us that we can't keep making the same mistakes.” Mfume said he sat at the hearing “as a Black man who grew up in segregation, who wasn't allowed to go certain places, who drank from a water fountain that said colored, who found his mother and his father unable to do anything other than basic day work.” “We will not let you destroy that museum. No matter how long it takes, how many battles are required, how much effort is needed, we will not allow that to happen,” Mfume said. “Unless you find a way to kill all of us and walk over our bodies to change history.” The hearing focused on the way the Smithsonian Institution presents scholarship on U.S. history. In announcing the hearing, the Republican-led committee claimed that the “Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is promoting a narrow, politically tendentious agenda instead of seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon of liberty, democracy, and opportunity.” In President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has sought to clamp down on how American history is framed in public spaces, removing exhibits from national parks on slavery and violence against Native Americans.

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., said Black Americans are “outraged at what is happening now with these efforts to do away with the African American museum and all of the Smithsonian,” during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday. “If you erase it, we will replace it,” Mfume said. “It’s that damn simple.” In his comments, Mfume quoted former President Abraham Lincoln and said “history taught us and still teaches us that we can't keep making the same mistakes.” Mfume said he sat at the hearing “as a Black man who grew up in segregation, who wasn't allowed to go certain places, who drank from a water fountain that said colored, who found his mother and his father unable to do anything other than basic day work.” “We will not let you destroy that museum. No matter how long it takes, how many battles are required, how much effort is needed, we will not allow that to happen,” Mfume said. “Unless you find a way to kill all of us and walk over our bodies to change history.” The hearing focused on the way the Smithsonian Institution presents scholarship on U.S. history. In announcing the hearing, the Republican-led committee claimed that the “Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is promoting a narrow, politically tendentious agenda instead of seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon of liberty, democracy, and opportunity.” In President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has sought to clamp down on how American history is framed in public spaces, removing exhibits from national parks on slavery and violence against Native Americans.

PBS News

25,298 views • 18 days ago