'Is He A Publicist For Slavery?': Eric Swalwell Sounds Off On Trump's Smithsonian Comments

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During a Wednesday interview on CNN, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) was asked about President Donald Trump's attacks against the Smithsonian.

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00:00about something else that President Trump is very focused on,

00:03his latest move and posting on social media

00:06going after the Smithsonian Institution and Museums.

00:10And he already has ordered a review of it,

00:12but now saying that apparently he wants it to go further

00:15in review of all of the content in the museums.

00:18What he's suggesting is he says the Smithsonian's out of control,

00:21but also suggesting that museums are focusing too much

00:25on the way he puts it, in part, how bad slavery was.

00:29And he wants to take on the Smithsonian,

00:32just like he says he has taken on colleges and universities.

00:36Do you think that will work here?

00:38What do you think he's saying?

00:38Who is this guy? Is he a publicist for slavery?

00:40Like a lobbyist on behalf of slavery?

00:42It doesn't make any sense that he would want to erase

00:45one of the ugliest things that's ever happened in America

00:48and educate our children, especially about how we make sure it doesn't happen again.

00:53He's done the same thing with another ugly day in America, January 6th.

00:56He's tried to erase that day and take the heroes of that day,

00:59the police officers, and make them the villains

01:01so that he also erases his own responsibility.

01:04This is what he does.

01:05And the question is, will the Smithsonian cave?

01:08Colleges have caved. Law firms have caved.

01:10Entertainment companies have caved.

01:12The lesson that I've taken away from this

01:13is if you band together and show strength in numbers,

01:16you can stand up to this bully.

01:18But if you do these one-off drug deals,

01:19it just reduces who we are as a country

01:22and gets us one step closer toward authority.

01:24But it's also putting people in the position,

01:26I mean, we just had a Republican congressman on

01:28who John rightfully asked,

01:31like, what is your take on what the president's putting out here

01:33and putting Republicans in the position of reminding everyone

01:37that they think slavery is bad?

01:38I mean, just where the focus then becomes again,

01:42I'm not sure what to do with it.

01:44I'm not sure what to do with Republican congressmen

01:46who are not willing to be a check

01:47because in an ideal scenario...

01:50In his defense, he said slavery is bad.

01:51So we'll just put it that way.

01:52Well, good.

01:52But he also, you know, can fund the Smithsonian then

01:54when we vote on a budget and say,

01:56keep the slavery exhibits there.

01:57And the president also took the impeachment exhibits out

02:00in the section that covers Congress and the executive.

02:04Again, he can rewrite history,

02:05but he can't erase what actually happened.

02:07And he makes our children less educated when he does that.

02:10I want to ask you...

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