Brandon Gill presses Smithsonian official over declaring imagery racist: ‘Is Mickey Mouse racist?’

(R-TN), pointed to Hartig’s past statements describing history as “a prime tool of social justice” and criticized the museum’s emphasis on race, gender, immigration, and economic inequality.

“The Museum has strayed from the original purpose for which it exists and receives federal taxpayer support,” Burchett said in his opening statement. “It’s become continue reading …