GOP Presses Smithsonian Over Its Narrative of American History
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At a House subcommittee hearing, Republican lawmakers harshly criticized Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, after a White House report accused the museum of downplaying the founders and overemphasizing slavery, immigration and transgender issues; Democrats defended the museum, including exhibitions like Entertainment Nation and Girlhood (It's complicated).
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