White House orders Smithsonian museums to revise ‘woke’ exhibits

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00:00The White House is turning its attention to the Smithsonian.

00:06An unsigned article posted online titled, President Trump is right about the Smithsonian,

00:10singled out exhibits on slavery, immigration, and LGBTQ plus history as examples of what

00:16the administration calls woke or divisive.

00:19In a letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, officials gave eight museums 120 days

00:24to revise wall texts, programs, and displays.

00:27The administration says federal funding should only support exhibits that are unifying historically

00:33accurate and constructive.

00:35Vice President J.D. Vance, who sits on the Smithsonian's board, is tasked with coordinating with Congress.

00:41White House aide Lindsey Halligan has taken credit for leading the review.

00:45Artists and scholars are pushing back, calling the demands political pressure on cultural

00:49institutions.

00:51Some describe the scrutiny as echoing past Nazi attempts to control art, while others framed

00:56it as a backhanded form of recognition.

00:59This Smithsonian gets about 62 percent of its $1 billion budget from federal funds.

01:05The clash comes as the Trump administration also reshapes other cultural institutions, including

01:10leadership at the Kennedy Center.

01:12For now, museums have four months to make changes, but whether those revisions actually

01:16happen is still an open question.

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