Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called a House Smithsonian hearing “the Republicans’ White Pride rally,” and conservatives immediately demanded she be censured.
Crockett spoke Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee’s Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee — the first time a top Smithsonian leader had faced public congressional scrutiny since President Donald Trump targeted the institution, according to ABC News.
The broadside came moments after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) accused the Smithsonian of pushing “a racial narrative that divides Americans by their skin color and by guilt.”
“Is that what you care about?” Boebert demanded. “Just racism and making people feel guilty?”
“Welcome to the Republicans’ White Pride rally disguised as a congressional hearing,” Crockett told the subcommittee.
“It might be uncomfortable for some people on this committee… but facts are facts,” she continued. “And it’s a fact that there is a violent, exclusionary, discriminatory, sexist, and racist part of American history.”
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