Political Quotes

“I rise in support of our museums, our cultural institutions. We know that African-American history is, in fact, American history, and it must be recognized as such. The Musk-Trump administration's executive orders targeting museums are disgraceful. It is a disgraceful attempt to erase Black Americans' contributions from our Nation's history. I am especially disgusted by the administration's attack on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. For so many years, under the leadership of the late John Lewis, who played a key role in the efforts to secure funding and legislation for this museum. Our community fought for the creation of this museum. Our community fought many times for it when Republicans fought against it. Finally, it was signed into law in a bipartisan way. It was signed by George W. Bush in 2003. This museum that tells the story of the struggles of African Americans and the contributions of African Americans, which, by the way, is American history, history that everyone should know--the good, the bad, and the ugly. It is history, just that. It happened. You can't untouch or touch up what has already happened.”