Its up to Congress to save the Smithsonian from the anti-American left

That’s the impression you would get if you visited the exhibit on Entertainment Nation at the American History Museum on the National Mall — the Smithsonian Institution’s flagship museum that explains to between 2 million and 4 million visitors every year what America is all about, and why.You won’t find any permanent exhibit on the Founding Fathers or the signing of the Declaration of Independence.But you will find a display that claims one of America’s most beloved and iconic cartoon characters, Mickey Mouse, was actually inspired by blackface minstrelsy — an entertainment trend directly linked to the demeaning of African Americans in our past.TRUMP ORDERS SIGNS OUTSIDE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM AMID ROW OVER ITS DEPICTION OF AMERICAN HISTORYDoes that mean the Smithsonian thinks Mickey is a racist symbol? In congressional testimony on July 22, Museum’s Director Anthea Hartig said no, but she’s not fooling anyone.President Donald Trump has ordered a review of the Smithsonian's content, as part of the yearlong 250th birthday of the United States' founding.(Getty)The bitter truth is, the woke toxin that has been destroying American education has spread deep into our national museum culture — corrupting even the ones that most represent who we are to foreign visitors.Those hearings demonstrated just how far the poison has spread, and how administrators continue to deny or cover it up.REP GILL CHALLENGES 'GENUINELY INSANE AND OBJECTIVELY OFFENSIVE' DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS AFTER VIRAL HEARINGSMITHSONIAN PUSHED ‘REVOLTING’ SOCIAL ACTION TRAINING AFTER ‘WHITENESS’ CHART APOLOGY: EXPERTThis takeover by the radical left has been going on for years, as its practitioners have crafted a view of history that systematically denigrates America, while turning words like diversity and inclusion into guided missiles for attacking our most important institutions.And the blame falls squarely on conservatives.The bitter truth is, the woke toxin that has been destroyin...

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