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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to Retire Amid Pressure

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to Retire Amid Pressure

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Losing Lonnie Bunch is a gut punch to American culture, and it happened because an administration couldn't stomach an honest telling of slavery and this country's past. The first Black secretary of the Smithsonian built something extraordinary, and now his replacement gets picked under political pressure. Dozens of frozen museum posts hang in the balance, which means the damage runs far deeper than one job.

Good riddance — the Smithsonian had drifted into a taxpayer-funded showcase for DEI dogma and gender ideology instead of American history. The troubling material pulled from those exhibits shows how far the institution strayed from its mission to celebrate the best of this nation. New leadership can finally tell America's story accurately, and it should be run by someone who actually loves the country.


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