'The ascendant woke Left must instill in Hispanics the idea of victimhood and grievances, and introduce gender ideology into everything. It doesn’t understand how repugnant these Americans find all that...' -Mike Gonzalez
Wednesday, they lost the battle. Republicans defeated, by a 27-33 vote during mark-up, a Democratic amendment to restore funding for building the museum and for keeping its first exhibit open. The Republicans had included a policy rider eliminating funding for both in the fiscal 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill, which funds the Smithsonian.
Some Democrats showed embarrassment about the direction the exhibit has taken. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz , for example, repeatedly described it as “an admittedly offensive exhibit.” Texas’s Henry Cuellar also showed dismay. Diaz-Balart had opened the proceedings by asking how many of the Democrats had actually visited the Molina exhibit. Only one member raised his hand, while many of the Republicans had personal anecdotes about the parade of horrors at the truly bizarre Molina Family Latino Gallery.
Puerto Rico, according to this mendacious exhibit , was invaded by the United States in 1898, not saved from the colonial clutches of Spain. Bizarrely, the exhibit, as surely will the museum if ground is ever broken, places a stress on gender and trans issues that is at odds with the Hispanic experience.
But as Diaz-Balart made clear, it’s what the exhibit’s curators chose to highlight that matters. “They could have mentioned, for example, one of the 60 Latino Medal of Honor Recipients. But of course they didn’t do that. They could have talked about Puerto Rico’s 65th infantry regiment, who are recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal. Nope.
“You know very well that the example of Latinos as deserters is an insult. I know that you agree with that. You know that to portray that as an example, that we Latinos are victims, that we’re traitors, is an insult to all of us,” he said. “We Latinos are neither victims nor traitors. We are the backbone of the United States of America, and I am not going to accept insults!”
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