[July 8, 2026] This is the face of leadership failure: Anthea Harris, Director of the National Museum of American History (NMAH).
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D., is the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the first woman to hold the position since the museum opened in 1964.
The White House’s Domestic Policy Council reports that the NMAH has abandoned its founding mission of patriotic education for activist ideology. Its capture by anti-American leftists is now complete.
Established to celebrate American heritage, progress, freedom, and ingenuity, NMAH now prioritizes deconstruction. Director Anthea Hartig frames history as a “prime tool of social justice,” aiming to “problematize” the 250th anniversary, reframe away from “Anglo-centric” Founding narratives, and escape “America First” thinking. She was rightly accused of “extreme political activism.”
In accordance with @POTUS‘s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order, a new report exposes how the Smithsonian turned the Nat’l Museum of American History into a vehicle for Radical Left propaganda and degeneracy.
Here are some of the worst examples.
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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2026
A museum supposedly for families and children displayed:
— A sadomasochistic “crotch harness”
— A “trans nonbinary” person’s “chest binder”
— Pages from a 6yo girl’s diary in which she prays “every night for my penis to grow”
This sick material is sexualizing kids.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2026
Key leadership failures on the Director’s part include the near-absence of exhibits on Founders, the Revolution, Declaration, or Constitution, with emphasis instead on slavery, oppression, and systemic flaws. Traditional symbols like Thanksgiving are recast as days of mourning; Christianity as conquest. Instead …
The museum also featured video clips of drag queens, images of nude women, and a magazine promoting “female masturbation.”
It’s sick, explicit content pushed on visitors of all ages at an *American history* museum.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2026
Exhibits tie every topic to race, gender, climate, inequality, and anti-nationalism, portraying America as irredeemably defined by white supremacy, exclusion, and hierarchy.
The museum’s mission shift removes “American history” in favor of “complexity” for a “just future.” Its Interpretive Plan mandates activist framing, while staff training promotes anti-white “whiteness culture” critiques. Programming advances illegal immigration activism, transgender ideology in youth exhibits, and anti-gun efforts, often with inappropriate content.
Funded by over $1 billion in taxpayer dollars annually as a federal trust, the Smithsonian must steward national heritage, not advance division. The report urges restoration of honest, unifying history that acknowledges flaws yet inspires pride in liberty, enterprise, and achievements, elements essential for informed patriotism.
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- Photo of Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D. courtesy of National Museum of History.
- Go to the X account of RapidResponse47 for more graphic content at this link: https://x.com/RapidResponse47
- Hattip to John Hinderaker at his article The Sick Smithsonian
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- “55 Rules for a Good Life,” on Amazon (link here).
- “Our Longest Year in Iraq,” on Amazon (link here).
DISGUSTING
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D. Proof positive that a big degree doesn’t mean you’re smart.
For some reason, I have a duplicate X post in the graphics. My apologies for exposing this debauchery to such an extent. Ultimately, this is why the Director needs to be removed and someone who appreciates America and Americans should be installed in her place.
🎯 You still nailed it. 🫡