Jeffries asks Justice Roberts to reject 'cowardly and unpatriotic' Trump Smithsonian order

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is urging Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to reject an executive order from President Trump that called to restore “truth and sanity” to the Smithsonian Institution.

“It is imperative that you, along with your fellow Regents, continue the storied legacy of the Smithsonian that tells the American story honestly and completely,” Jeffries wrote in a letter to Roberts on Friday. “President Trump’s proclamation, which seeks to whitewash our history, is cowardly and unpatriotic. It must fail.”

Roberts by statute sits on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents and serves as chancellor of the Smithsonian.

“The Smithsonian attracts tens of millions of visitors a year and works with the finest subject matter experts in virtually every field. The fact that the Proclamation prominently singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture speaks volumes about Donald Trump’s actual motivation,” Jeffries wrote to Roberts. “To be clear: Black history is American history. It cannot and will not be erased.”

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