The Smithsonian's leadership remains committed to spreading disinformation about basic history and biology, and so the Trump administration will put up signs along the sidewalks near the National Museum of American History warning "visitors about the ideological capture." https://t.co/69Vh5LTTHu https://t.co/5dCK37gbXf [Quoted] The behavior of the head of the Smithsonian's Museum of American History at yesterday's hearing was appalling. She made clear she'll keep smearing the US as racist and...

RT @shellenberger: Many are asking why Trump can't just fire these people. The reason is that the Smithsonian isn't an executive agency. It…

Many are asking why Trump can't just fire these people. The reason is that the Smithsonian isn't an executive agency. Its Board of Regents — the Chief Justice of the Supreme court, VP @JDVance, 6 members of Congress, and 9 citizens — appoints Secretary Bunch. Bunch appoints Hartig. Only the Regents can remove him. Vance is 1 of 17. It may be that Congress will need to defund. Props to @timburchett @NancyMace @realBrandonGill and others for the hearing.

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...

The behavior of the head of the Smithsonian's Museum of American History at yesterday's hearing was appalling. She made clear she'll keep smearing the US as racist and genocidal, and denying biological sex. If she and @SmithsonianSec don't resign, Congress must defund it. https://t.co/jidQVxI2Da