WEBVTT - The Smithsonian Overhaul

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<v Speaker 1>Here at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We effing hate art.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one more thing I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a member of the met.

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<v Speaker 2>In New York.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I bought a membership because it saved us, ultimately

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<v Speaker 3>saved me money for getting me and my two kids

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<v Speaker 3>in ah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the membership expires after year. I guess they

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<v Speaker 3>hope you won't remember and you'll automatically renew, which I

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<v Speaker 3>probably will, Oh my god, because I go to New York,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, once every ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that software is now mostly subscription based makes

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<v Speaker 1>me nuts. I get why it's a good idea in

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<v Speaker 1>some ways, but I was signing up for one that

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<v Speaker 1>I want. Yeah, and it's good and I think I'll

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<v Speaker 1>use it, but it's like thirteen bucks a month now,

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<v Speaker 1>and I had the feeling as I clicked yes and

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<v Speaker 1>gave it my credit card info my estate eight is

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to stop payments to this ten years

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<v Speaker 1>after my death, right, jeezuz liked.

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<v Speaker 3>My audible books, and every year I lose free Audible

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<v Speaker 3>credits because I don't before the deadline a bunch of books.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think it does that on purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Like who designed that system? The Marquis de sade. I.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I have so many credits on audible that I

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<v Speaker 1>can't let them go right, But I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't use them.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't possibly use them fast enough if other too

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<v Speaker 1>many other things I need to listen to or like

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to, including music. Anyway, So my introduction about

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<v Speaker 1>hating art at the Art Museum brings us to the

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<v Speaker 1>new Domestic Policy Council report from the White House Saving

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<v Speaker 1>America's Story. How ideological capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National

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<v Speaker 1>Museum of American History erases our heritage.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm complained about this last summer when I was

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<v Speaker 3>there with my kids, and I complained as soon as

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<v Speaker 3>I got back about every freaking plaque about everything either

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<v Speaker 3>brought up climate change or how Europeans drove off the

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<v Speaker 3>original people or whatever. It had some political bent racism,

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<v Speaker 3>every single plaque. It was so annoying, well observed.

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<v Speaker 1>And just you know, for some of you who think

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just speak for myself, that eye joke ediom ted

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<v Speaker 1>critical of Donald j some of this stuff he does,

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<v Speaker 1>and says it's just dumb on its face, and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like it, and I'll tell you so. But a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of what makes me insane about him is his

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<v Speaker 1>administration is doing such good things, and if they would

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<v Speaker 1>stop stepping on their chances, they could keep doing those

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<v Speaker 1>good things.

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<v Speaker 3>And congratulations.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Hello.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the executive summary from this report on the

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<v Speaker 1>ideological capture at the Smithsonian, specifically the National Museum of

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<v Speaker 1>American History, and it's a little lengthy, but it's definitely

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<v Speaker 1>worth hearing.

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<v Speaker 2>Super informative. Get to it, Joe, you're saying, get to it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm about to start right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Joe Getty, who delayed his presentation because of climate change.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, that's right. I'm sweaty. The Smithsonian Institution is.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the nation's great civic treasures, a place where

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<v Speaker 1>parents bring their children, and tourists from across the country

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<v Speaker 1>and around the world come to learn about America. At

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<v Speaker 1>the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, visitors, we're just going.

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<v Speaker 2>To refer to it as the museum. Henceforth, save my voice.

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<v Speaker 1>Visitors young and old should encounter the story of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States told with honesty, seriousness, and pride. In particular,

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<v Speaker 1>it should help the American people understand where America came from,

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<v Speaker 1>what makes it distinctive and why.

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<v Speaker 2>It is worth preserving.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, before I go further, I want you to put

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<v Speaker 1>into your pocket what you always hear about, say Florida's

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<v Speaker 1>reforms of their history programs or whatever they're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>whitewash slavery. Keep that argument in mind as I read

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<v Speaker 1>what the Trump administration says. In making their case to

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<v Speaker 1>Congress in nineteen fifty three for funding, Smithsonian leadership argued

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<v Speaker 1>that one of the main reasons the museum should be

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<v Speaker 1>created is quote, to place before millions who visit the

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<v Speaker 1>nation's capital each year, a stimulating, permanent exposition that commemorates

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<v Speaker 1>our heritage of freedom and highlights the basic elements of

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<v Speaker 1>our way of life. In nineteen fifty five, then Smithsonian

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary Leon Carmichael testify to Congress that, if authorized, the

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<v Speaker 1>museum would tell the story of American national progress and

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<v Speaker 1>I quote, cement to America's progress for citizen and foreign

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<v Speaker 1>visitors alike. As he put it, continuing to quote, the

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<v Speaker 1>museum we envision is planned to instill in each citizen

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<v Speaker 1>a deepened faith in our country's destiny as champion of

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<v Speaker 1>individual dignity and enterprise. Equally, it is conceived to instill

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<v Speaker 1>in each foreign minister, I'm sorry, foreign visitor, admiration and

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<v Speaker 1>respect for our ever expanding social and technol life logical horizons.

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<v Speaker 1>Two months later, Congress funded it.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, having been there a year ago, I can tell

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<v Speaker 3>you currently, if you read the plaques, it seems that

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<v Speaker 3>it's designed to convince you humans are bad. Males are

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<v Speaker 3>even worse, as far as the humans an American particular,

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<v Speaker 3>as a collection of humans is awful.

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<v Speaker 1>Right So, Then, in nineteen sixty four, the director of

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<v Speaker 1>the US National Museum noted at the museum's opening that

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<v Speaker 1>the new museum was intended quote to awaken in citizen

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<v Speaker 1>and foreigner alike, a clear understanding of the inspiring story

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, its origin, struggles, development, traditions, and strength.

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<v Speaker 1>One curator, who worked at the museum for nearly four

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<v Speaker 1>decades noted the museum's founding goal was more than simply

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<v Speaker 1>to increase and diffuse general knowledge. The museum was intended

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<v Speaker 1>to be quote proudly patriotic and in fact, At the

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<v Speaker 1>dedication ceremony in nineteen sixty four, President Johnson explained his

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<v Speaker 1>hope and belief that the museum's quote iconic artifacts should

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<v Speaker 1>be used to foster patriotism. He stated, I would hope

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<v Speaker 1>that there will come to this building the children of

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<v Speaker 1>the nation, For here is recorded, as William Faulkner expressed it,

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<v Speaker 1>the agony and the sweat of the human spirit, the

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<v Speaker 1>victory of freedom and genius of our country. Here young

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<v Speaker 1>children see with their own eyes, yes, even to touch

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<v Speaker 1>with their own hands, the ripe fruit of America's historical harvest,

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<v Speaker 1>Whitney's cotton, gin Singer sewing machine. Goes to give a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of different examples. They're all here a part of

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<v Speaker 1>this treasure house of our inheritance. The more we understand

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<v Speaker 1>the meaning of the past, the more we appreciate the

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<v Speaker 1>winning of the future, which is the flip side of

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<v Speaker 1>the coin that Orwell.

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<v Speaker 2>Was always warning us about.

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<v Speaker 1>They steal your history, so you don't know who you

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<v Speaker 1>are anymore, then they can make you whoever they want

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<v Speaker 1>you to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>You go ahead and say we had stuff, Johnson said,

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<v Speaker 3>and be a democratic president now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, Johnson said. If this museum did nothing more

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<v Speaker 1>than illuminate our heritage so that others could see a

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<v Speaker 1>little better our legacy, however so small, the glimpse it

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<v Speaker 1>will fulfill the noble purpose. And this report by the

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<v Speaker 1>Domestic Policy Council, they write, demonstrates the fact that if

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<v Speaker 1>I could get a new pair of.

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<v Speaker 3>Pants, well, the zippy has cleared out of a bunghole.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, exactly, you know, a little a little more room, right,

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of a two inches down there.

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<v Speaker 2>Greatest audio ever, it's on YouTube. Check it out, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>So getting back to the report, the report demonstrates that

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<v Speaker 1>the museum fails in the basic task of illuminating our heritage.

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<v Speaker 1>Our central finding, to Jack's point, is not that the

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<v Speaker 1>museum is simply added to overlooked stories, corrected perceived errors,

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<v Speaker 1>or broadened its historical scope. Rather, it is that the

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<v Speaker 1>museum leadership has explicitly adopted an ideological framework that no

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<v Speaker 1>longer treats the American story as a shared national inheritance

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<v Speaker 1>to be taught or celebrated, but as a political instrument

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<v Speaker 1>to divide, dispirit and discourage our citizens.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah, that's that's a I like the dispirit and discourage.

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<v Speaker 3>My son was really disappointed, knows, he got dispirited and

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<v Speaker 3>discouraged reading that stuff, because who gets an end? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>unless I guess you're a Marxist who hates the country,

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<v Speaker 3>who gets any enjoyment out of.

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<v Speaker 1>Reading about how we're so awful plaque after plaque. As

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<v Speaker 1>this report shows confirmed in the words of museum leadership,

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<v Speaker 1>this ideological capture has moved the museum's mission away from

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<v Speaker 1>straightforward historical education and scholarship toward an extreme political activism

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<v Speaker 1>that seeks to transform our country. That is one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>percent true. That shift from history to activism is clearly

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<v Speaker 1>documented in this report, and Antheo Haartig, the museum's director

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty nineteen, has explicitly stated that she sees history

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<v Speaker 1>as a quote prime tool of social justice and one

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<v Speaker 1>of her roles as connecting quote research and scholarship to

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<v Speaker 1>activism and advocacy. Hardigg is also stated that quote we

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<v Speaker 1>work to reframe the traditional celebratory narrative of US history

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<v Speaker 1>for visitors. She claims to have had a personal head

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<v Speaker 1>start say one again, she hopes to reframe what the

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<v Speaker 1>traditional celebratory narrative of history visitors want. That what country

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<v Speaker 1>would want to have a celebratory tone to their history? Wow?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Then she goes on about the cushions of whiteness and

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<v Speaker 1>the pillows of the Bourgeoise.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you gotta be kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the director.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, she believes this is straight out of critical theory.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, what I'm about to say, straight out

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, that Rogue's gallery of Frenchmen who developed

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<v Speaker 1>critical theory in the sixties.

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<v Speaker 3>Hertzig believed of Cato and Jacques Cousteau.

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<v Speaker 2>And the rest of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Hertig believes the museum profession has to quote, figure out

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<v Speaker 1>how we're going to problematize the two hundred and fiftieth

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary of the signing of the Declaration in twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>that loving America is very complicated.

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<v Speaker 3>You made these quotes up.

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<v Speaker 2>I did not say.

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<v Speaker 3>How in the hell did she get a point? I

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<v Speaker 3>mean the director who did that? Biden Obama? How did

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<v Speaker 3>she end up running the Smithsonian that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is twenty nineteen. Fine, so Obama, that is horrifying. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god. How many times did I shout during

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<v Speaker 1>the campaign He's not a Muslim, He's a socialist, say attention.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. You know what disturbs me about this is

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<v Speaker 3>that she doesn't feel that she needs to couch it

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<v Speaker 3>in gentler language or hide this at all, she's willing

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<v Speaker 3>to just stay out stayed out loud. We need to

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<v Speaker 3>take the two hundred and fiftieth birthday of this country

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<v Speaker 3>and make sure people aren't feeling too good about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, that's our objective.

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<v Speaker 1>A little more of her own words, the objects in

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<v Speaker 1>the museum's collection should be used to move attention away

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<v Speaker 1>from an Anglo centric focus on the American founding, because

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<v Speaker 1>to achieve from Marxism anyway. At the heart of our concern,

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<v Speaker 1>writes the report is a simple question, what should a

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<v Speaker 1>National Museum of America History do? Now I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>that argument. They want a whitewash history, pretend like slavery

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<v Speaker 1>never existed. Here's the actual report. Our conviction, like that

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<v Speaker 1>of Secretary Carmichael, Director Kellogg, and President Johnson, is that

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<v Speaker 1>such a museum should tell the American story clearly and fairly.

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<v Speaker 1>It should explain the rise of the original Thirteen Colonies,

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<v Speaker 1>the struggle for independence, the principles of the Declaration of

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<v Speaker 1>Independence and the US Constitution, and the role these documents

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<v Speaker 1>have played in securing Americans' most basic freedoms. It should

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<v Speaker 1>document and share the achievements and failures of the nation

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<v Speaker 1>and the extraordinary men and women of every color and

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<v Speaker 1>creed who shaped its course. It should tell the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>including the nation's mistakes and injustices, but it should do

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<v Speaker 1>so within a coherent account of a people striving, often imperfectly,

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<v Speaker 1>but more often nobly, to live up to our founding

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<v Speaker 1>principles of liberty and equality under a republican form of government.

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<v Speaker 1>It should especially teach the history of an American nation

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<v Speaker 1>that is worthy of our affection and worth passing all

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<v Speaker 1>to future generations.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I've moved a lot on the whole. We need to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, describe our faults. You don't want to erase

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<v Speaker 3>that stuff, obviously, but there's no need to lean on

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<v Speaker 3>them constantly, right, you know? I always use the example

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<v Speaker 3>of the mayor your fiftieth wedding anniversary. You're gonna stand

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<v Speaker 3>up there and just rehash the three worst things your

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<v Speaker 3>husband said or did over the last fifty years, just constantly.

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<v Speaker 3>Why what is your goal? Here? Is your goal to

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<v Speaker 3>dissolve the marriage and tear it down and destroy it?

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<v Speaker 3>Or in the case of that museum gal, the answer

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<v Speaker 3>is yes, well, right, the only reason you would at

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<v Speaker 3>your fiftieth wedding anniversary just hammer him over and over

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<v Speaker 3>again about the three worst things he ever did would

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<v Speaker 3>be if you want to end it, if you wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to continue it and think it's a good thing. No, right,

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<v Speaker 3>you might not even bring it up at all because

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<v Speaker 3>you both know what it. Of course, you would both

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<v Speaker 3>know it was bad, and there's no need to discuss

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<v Speaker 3>it again. So I'm not where I used to be

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<v Speaker 3>on the We need to make sure we teach the

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<v Speaker 3>bad stuff. Why you you don't have time to get

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<v Speaker 3>around to the good stuff?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it depends on the context. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about American history, you can touch on that stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>But the difference is different than focus on.

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<v Speaker 2>Well right exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>The difference is that these Marxists view the United States

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<v Speaker 1>as an evil country that's occasionally accidentally done good, as

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<v Speaker 1>opposed to what is clearly true. That's the opposite, and

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<v Speaker 1>so it's a question of how you present it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll give you the example. I don't remember if you

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<v Speaker 3>were here when I told this story or not. The

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<v Speaker 3>only thing my fourteen year old learned in school about

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<v Speaker 3>capitalism was that in the early twentieth century, we had

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<v Speaker 3>lots of kids in the factories, and they used children

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<v Speaker 3>for labor that's it only a negative thing about capitalism.

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<v Speaker 3>Did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that a negative?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Should it be? I don't even know if it's worth mentioning. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not worth mentioning if you don't have time for

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<v Speaker 3>the Capitalism has raised more people out of poverty than

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<v Speaker 3>any other system in the history of the world. If

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<v Speaker 3>you can throw all that you got time left over,

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<v Speaker 3>feel free to get into kids in the factories for

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<v Speaker 3>a blink of an eye.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, I'm about to quote Martin Luther King Junior. It'd

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<v Speaker 1>be like, tell me about MLK, Dad. He was adulteress,

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<v Speaker 1>He had sex with a bunch of different women.

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<v Speaker 3>Hung around with a lot of communists.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Hey, learned a skill. That's all you needed those

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<v Speaker 2>child labors. That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Tough enoughm ump, So let me finish up the report.

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<v Speaker 1>Any proper telling of American history should, as the Reverend

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<v Speaker 1>King noted that quote, the goal of America is freedom

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<v Speaker 1>and bring our nation back to those great wells of

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<v Speaker 1>democracy which were dug deep by the founding fathers in

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<v Speaker 1>their formulation of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a direct quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the findings from our months long investigation, that

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<v Speaker 1>is no longer what visitors encounter. Instead, the museum confront

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<v Speaker 1>visitors with materials intended to undermine faith in the American

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<v Speaker 1>institutions and long standing shared ideals of the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>As this report shows, the Museum purposely presents America as

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<v Speaker 1>a problematic country, irredeemably conceived, founded by deeply flawed men,

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<v Speaker 1>and still operating today as an instrument of systemic racism

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<v Speaker 1>and oppression. In the Museum's current telling, the country is

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<v Speaker 1>above all defined by white supremacy, slavery, conquest, exclusion, hierarchy, racism, xenophobia, misogyny,

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<v Speaker 1>and systemic injustice. The report identifies a broad pattern. The

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<v Speaker 1>founders are minimized, if not entirely excluded, Traditional patriotic narratives

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<v Speaker 1>are treated with suspicion, if not outright contempt, and the

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<v Speaker 1>basic symbols and stories that once helped unify Americans are

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<v Speaker 1>presented not as reasons for gratitude and inspiration, but as

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<v Speaker 1>objects to be inherently questioned, dismantled, problematized, and reinterpreted to

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<v Speaker 1>achieve ideological ends. To the extent that there is a

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<v Speaker 1>story told at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not one of quote the victory of freedom

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<v Speaker 1>and genius of our country, but one of regret, tragedy,

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<v Speaker 1>and shame.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I have a little hope that this is going

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<v Speaker 3>to get turned around. I know they're working at it,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's a lot of pushback, and then if it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't get done in the next two years, this all

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<v Speaker 3>rooted out of this national parks and museums and everything

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<v Speaker 3>like that. A democratic president's not going to do it,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm not even sure a lot of Republican presidents

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<v Speaker 3>will think that's a fight they want to get into.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you get news coverage like this, which is

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<v Speaker 3>true on its face, but I think because it's got

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<v Speaker 3>Trump's name in it suggests something. This was just the

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<v Speaker 3>other day NBC News. Current and former members of the

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<v Speaker 3>Smithsonian Board of Regents tell NBC News they're anticipating this

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<v Speaker 3>is not the end of the White House pressure campaign,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a prejudicial term pressure camp Sure pressure campaign

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<v Speaker 3>to reshape the museum's presentations, which has been a focus

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<v Speaker 3>in Trump's second term. Now, that is not a lie,

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<v Speaker 3>that is true what they just said, but hinting using

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<v Speaker 3>Trump's name and pressure campaign, and he's doing something untoward

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<v Speaker 3>as opposed to something really really untoward already.

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<v Speaker 1>Happened, right right, sickening, horrifying, indefensible, and we.

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<v Speaker 2>Let it happen. And it's just like everybody cherished freedom

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<v Speaker 2>in America, and it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Being treated like all the other examples of this. We

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<v Speaker 3>point out they get porn in the library. Then when

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<v Speaker 3>you try to get porn out, they call you the

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<v Speaker 3>book banner.

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<v Speaker 1>Right right, Hey, for what it's worth, just for fun,

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<v Speaker 1>what it would take to print this?

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<v Speaker 2>There it is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one hundred and sixty two pages, this report. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure it's thorough and documents everything beautifully, but well, the

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<v Speaker 1>executive summary is good enough.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't believe that's how That's how far down the

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<v Speaker 3>road it is that she feels she can be that

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<v Speaker 3>blatant about No, the goal of the museum is to

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<v Speaker 3>make people realize this is a bad country.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. In fact, she believes that's the goal of all museums.

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<v Speaker 3>Wild And so then there's there's Marxists who want to

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<v Speaker 3>tear down the country. But then there's all the people

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<v Speaker 3>that enjoy that feeling for some reason. And that's the

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<v Speaker 3>people I think that are mentally ill. There's some mental

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<v Speaker 3>illness you've got that wants to feel bad about your

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<v Speaker 3>country and people in culture.

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<v Speaker 2>It's pathetic. That's what I think. Those people are an embarrassment.

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<v Speaker 1>They wear their self hatred as a desperate plea for

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<v Speaker 1>somebody to.

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<v Speaker 2>Like them or think they're enlightened. It's just it's pathetic.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm telling you it's not subtle. If you walk

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<v Speaker 3>around the museum about the fourth plaque you read, you think,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, I see what's going on here.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there are days I wish we had an

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<v Speaker 1>enormous audience and not for financial wealth.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I know, I'd have a yacht. How about you, Michael, yacht?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe a yacht. Maybe maybe we'll have a yacht for

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<v Speaker 1>those days. You want a yacht.

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<v Speaker 2>Better car?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they better car there. You got millions and millions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars. You need to think bigger, Michael. You've had

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<v Speaker 1>that donut on your right rear wheel for how long?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? And duct tape come on, duct tape and plastic

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<v Speaker 1>sheeting and not a good luck.

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<v Speaker 2>Get a window, Get a.

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<v Speaker 3>Window, black plastic sheeting, duct taped over the window. That's

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<v Speaker 3>when things are not going well, if I could.

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<v Speaker 2>Do something.

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<v Speaker 1>To draw Americans attention to this and how bad it's gotten, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I would do about anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to set myself on fire.

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<v Speaker 1>On the steps of the Natural, not the Natural than

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<v Speaker 1>the National History Museum. But man, this just angers me

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that we let it go that far,

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<v Speaker 1>because these people use moral language and mischaracterize what they're doing,

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<v Speaker 1>and normal, good moral people think, yeah, we should definitely

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<v Speaker 1>tell the history of slavery. We can't hide that from people,

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<v Speaker 1>and the museum Gal says thank you, because that's all

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<v Speaker 1>we want to do, and then she goes all sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen project on the freaking National History Museum.

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<v Speaker 2>God, I hate these people. I hate them so bad.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that's hate speech.

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<v Speaker 2>That is hate speech.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes you just got to think of something that makes

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<v Speaker 1>you feel good, like a good pair of pants. But

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<v Speaker 1>you see, if you can't leave me about it, an

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<v Speaker 1>age from the ware to zipperate and uh around under my.

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<v Speaker 2>Back of my bunghole Lyndon B.

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson, Ladies and gentlemen, well I guess that's it.