CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 24, 2026
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN WASHINGON IS WHERE MUCH OF AMERICAN HISTORY HAS BEEN HOUSED. UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN THE WOKE CROWD GOT THEIR HANDS ON IT, THE SMITHSONIAN WAS WORTH VISITING TO SEE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST PLANE, THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AND ROCKETS THAT LAUNCHED MEN INTO SPACE.
A HOUSE PANEL INVITED DIRECTOR ANTHEA HARTIG TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE EXHIBITS THAT SHOW SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ITEMS WHICH I WON’T MENTION HERE. SOME HAVE COME WITH PARENTAL WARNINGS.
HARTIG SAID THE “GAY LIBERATION” EXHIBIT DREW SO MUCH SCRUTINY IT CLOSED YEARS AGO. CHILDREN ATTENDED AND STILL ATTEND THE SMITHSONIAN.
HARTIG REFUSED TO DEFINE A WOMAN, SAYING THE INSTITUTION REPRESENTS ALL AMERICANS. SHE CLAIMED THE SMITHSONIAN IS FUNDED BY AN ENDOWMENT. IN FACT, FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS HELP UNDERWRITE IT.
HARTIG HAD NO ANSWER FOR SOME QUESTIONS AND REFUSED TO ANSWER OTHERS, LIKE WHY ISN’T THERE A DISPLAY OF THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF BABIES WHO HAVE BEEN ABORTED IN AMERICA?
REP. BRANDON GILL, A TEXAS REPUBLICAN, CHALLENGED HARTIG OVER A MUSEUM’S PROMOTION OF A “TOOL KIT” THAT LABELS OBJECTIVITY AS A TOOL OF WHITE SUPREMACY. HE ALSO ASKED HER TO EXPLAIN AN EXHIBIT THAT SAYS MICKEY MOUSE WAS DERIVED FROM “VESTIGES OF LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF BLACKFACE MINSTRELS.”
THIS WOMAN SHOULD BE REPLACED AND THE SMITHSONIAN GIVEN A HISTORICAL CLEANING. I’M CAL THOMAS
