Four Democratic Senators Urge Smithsonian to Resist White House Attempts to ‘Bully the Institution’

Four Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to ‘bully the institution’

In a letter sent Friday to the Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie G. Bunch, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and three other Democratic senators urged Bunch to resist any attempts by the White House to “bully the institution to go against its mission and values.”The letter from the four Senate Democrats comes weeks after President Trump called the Smithsonian and museums “all over the Country essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE…

Four Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to 'bully the institution'

Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

Smithsonian secretary reaffirms institution’s 'independence' in response to White House’s demand for review - The Pulse of NH

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History is seen from the Washington Monument on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III asserted the Smithsonian Institution's control over its programming and content this week in a letter addressed to the White House after the Trump administration demanded a review of the institution's exhibits, a Smithso…

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