GOP senator breaks with Trump over 'woke' Smithsonian history battle
Lisa Murkowski broke with Republicans to defend the Smithsonian, writing to Doug Burgum with concerns about Trump's executive order on museum signage.
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Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is splitting from the majority of Republicans on the GOP's pushback against the Smithsonian Institution's teaching of American history.
The moderate Republican senator sent a letter to the Trump administration alongside Sen.
Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., asking for more information on President Donald Trump's directive to install "temporary signage" outside the National Museum of American History, after he accused the museum of teaching historical accounts with an inaccurate and hyper-partisan lens.
"As Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, we write to express our concern and to request more information regarding the role the Department of the Interior (DOI) will have in implementing Executive Order (EO) 14416, ‘Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution,’" the letter said.
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