𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑: 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒 Rep. Tim Burchett

@timburchett) confronted National Museum of American History director 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐠 directly during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing this week, holding up the museum's own exhibit imagery as evidence.  - M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman

“𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯?” Burchett asked. 

“𝘔𝘢'𝘢𝘮, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.” 

...Burchett wasn't asking for a press statement. 

• He was asking about a poster hanging behind him, in a museum families visit for free. 
• 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩.