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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced that he is stepping down as the institution he leads faces an escalating battle with the Trump administration over how it tells the American story. Geoff Bennett spoke to Bunch last week about the political pressure, what’s at stake for the Smithsonian and how... show more

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Charlene Singleton5 天前

@GeoffRBennett The one museum that displays and teaches about the history of African Americans, this guy wants to review and possibly change or dismantle. This isn't a shock. How can teaching about slavery be racist? Slavery happened.

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Todd5 天前

@GeoffRBennett He's a racist

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Mike J5 天前

@GeoffRBennett Learn to code

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Janice in Jacksonville5 天前

@GeoffRBennett Our Smithsonian Museums are national treasures and need to be protected from nefarious people.

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J. Sanders5 天前

@GeoffRBennett Presentations of history often aren't actual history. They represent choices made by people of later times regarding the universe of what's known or even knowable about the past. And they can be influenced by biases of those making the choices and can change over time.

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Nekeisha Rouse5 天前

@GeoffRBennett @SmithsonianSec please reconsider! This is what he wants you to do! Please.. I know it is hard but once you go there will be no more.

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J. Sanders5 天前

@GeoffRBennett My first question about the Trump administration's complaints of being 'woke' was what were the specifics behind that claim? I found that there were some. For what it's worth...

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Kathleen Turner5 天前

@GeoffRBennett HISTORY “DOES” MATTER!!!! And regardless of what this PRESIDENT or Administration has tries to erase or destroy what has already been historically established… “WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN IN STONE…. CAN NEVER BE UNWRITTEN!!”

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Denise C 🇺🇸🙏❤5 天前

@GeoffRBennett Sickening how bigotry is once again running our country.

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Susan A Stamp4 天前

@GeoffRBennett

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Jeddi Master5 天前

@GeoffRBennett Sad

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Coexist4 天前

@GeoffRBennett Trump wants to rewrite a history that he wasn’t even a part of. He is a second generation American.

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Susan A Stamp4 天前

@GeoffRBennett His legacy 😏

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Cheny 🥰 🇺🇦4 天前

@GeoffRBennett I’m sad! 😢

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WATCH: The Smithsonian Institution is driven by people who love America, not "left-wing, crazy people," says its outgoing leader, Lonnie Bunch, as the organization faces pressure from the Trump administration over how to portray American history. "I think that because the Smithsonian tells a fuller, more complicated story, that makes it hard for some people to understand what we do," he said. "It's really a place driven by people who love a nation and who basically believe, like I do, that the great strength of a nation is that it's aspirational," he added. Bunch, the Smithsonian’s first Black secretary, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as at the end of the year. He sat down with PBS News' Geoff Bennett last week to talk about the political pressure he’s faced, what’s at stake for the Smithsonian and how he sees his legacy. Watch more of the interview on Tuesday’s PBS News Hour.

WATCH: The Smithsonian Institution is driven by people who love America, not "left-wing, crazy people," says its outgoing leader, Lonnie Bunch, as the organization faces pressure from the Trump administration over how to portray American history. "I think that because the Smithsonian tells a fuller, more complicated story, that makes it hard for some people to understand what we do," he said. "It's really a place driven by people who love a nation and who basically believe, like I do, that the great strength of a nation is that it's aspirational," he added. Bunch, the Smithsonian’s first Black secretary, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as at the end of the year. He sat down with PBS News' Geoff Bennett last week to talk about the political pressure he’s faced, what’s at stake for the Smithsonian and how he sees his legacy. Watch more of the interview on Tuesday’s PBS News Hour.

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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from his position, the institution said Tuesday.

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Long time leader of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch announced he will retire at the end of the year after months of criticism from the Trump administration over the museums' portrayal of American history. The administration accused Smithsonian leadership of promoting divisive, left-wing messaging and threatened to cut federal support unless changes were made. Bunch said he is stepping down to begin a new chapter while continuing to defend the Smithsonian's historical mission.

Long time leader of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch announced he will retire at the end of the year after months of criticism from the Trump administration over the museums' portrayal of American history. The administration accused Smithsonian leadership of promoting divisive, left-wing messaging and threatened to cut federal support unless changes were made. Bunch said he is stepping down to begin a new chapter while continuing to defend the Smithsonian's historical mission.

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“It scares me when people aren’t brave enough to face their history.” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch has been criticized by the Trump administration, but he tells me his mission is unchanged: “We try to tell a complicated story that is driven by the best nonpartisan scholarship we have.”

“It scares me when people aren’t brave enough to face their history.” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch has been criticized by the Trump administration, but he tells me his mission is unchanged: “We try to tell a complicated story that is driven by the best nonpartisan scholarship we have.”

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🚨 CHANGE IS COMING: For months, The Angle has exposed what we believe is radical ideological bias inside the Smithsonian and called for new leadership. Today, Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced he is retiring. The Smithsonian plays an enormous role in how generations of Americans understand our history. We stayed on this story. And we’re not done.

🚨 CHANGE IS COMING: For months, The Angle has exposed what we believe is radical ideological bias inside the Smithsonian and called for new leadership. Today, Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced he is retiring. The Smithsonian plays an enormous role in how generations of Americans understand our history. We stayed on this story. And we’re not done.

Laura Ingraham

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Lonnie Bunch openly admitted that he worked to put DEI at the "center" of institutions like the Smithsonian. And he did it while raking in $4.4 million between 2020-2024. It's time for the Smithsonian to return to what it once was: A cherished organization promoting ideals that unify Americans.

Lonnie Bunch openly admitted that he worked to put DEI at the "center" of institutions like the Smithsonian. And he did it while raking in $4.4 million between 2020-2024. It's time for the Smithsonian to return to what it once was: A cherished organization promoting ideals that unify Americans.

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As America turns 250, “it’s really important that we have a commitment to telling the complete story of America,” Smithsonian head Lonnie Bunch tells me. “Our job is to say, how do we tell an accurate history… that challenges America to live up to its ideals?”

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🚨 The Goal Is to RECAPTURE the Smithsonian Congressman Brandon Gill: “I would rather us continue funding it, but see the Smithsonian become the institution that the American people want it to be—which is an objective institution, one that promotes American history and culture.”

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🔥🚨 JUST IN — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is stepping down after pressure from President Trump and a White House review of the museums. Officials said they found anti-American DEI material and sexualized, gender-ideology exhibits. Including a little girl’s diary wishing she were a boy, plus drag and explicit displays. A national museum is not a gender clinic.

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