Congressional Hearing Over Smithsonian Wokeness
On Tuesday, House Republicans on the Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency sharply questioned Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Brandon Gill (R–TX), who zeroed in on the museum’s embrace of critical theory materials. Gill pressed Hartig on whether the museum considers “objectivity” to be a main goal of preserving history.
- ▪On Tuesday, House Republicans on the Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency sharply questioned Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History (NMAH).
- ▪Brandon Gill (R–TX), who zeroed in on the museum’s embrace of critical theory materials.
- ▪Gill pressed Hartig on whether the museum considers “objectivity” to be a main goal of preserving history.
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On Tuesday, House Republicans on the Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency sharply questioned Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Lawmakers scrutinized whether the taxpayer-funded institution has distorted the history of America’s past.Subcommittee Chairman Tim Burchett (R–Tenn.) contrasted the museum’s approach with the story of America as “the birth and growth of a great nation, founded on powerful ideals, in which we aim to fully achieve.” Instead, he argued, the museum presents American history principally as an “ongoing power struggle between oppressors and the oppressed.”Five Republican committee members questioned Hartig during the hearing. The most interesting exchange came from Rep.
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