{"id":3967,"date":"2026-07-12T01:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2026-07-12T01:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:24:25","slug":"kayleigh-mcenany-shreds-smithsonian-for-pushing-drag-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3967","title":{"rendered":"Kayleigh McEnany Shreds Smithsonian for Pushing Drag Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>Fox News anchor <strong>Kayleigh McEnany<\/strong> slammed the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History for bashing American icons and erasing historical figures while displaying exhibits that celebrate \u201cdrag queens and half-nude women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEnany went off on the Smithsonian during a segment on <em>Saturday in America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The former press secretary for President<strong> Donald Trump<\/strong> said she got her hands on a new report from the White House on the museum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/smithsonians-national-museum-american-history-promotes-extreme-political-activism-wh-report-alleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cextreme political activism\u201d<\/a> \u2014 and she quickly ran through a list of the examples that angered her.<\/p>\n<p>McEnany called out an entertainment exhibit accusing Mickey Mouse of representing \u201clong-standing traditions of blackface\u201d and another exhibit that branded the Pilgrims \u201ccolonizers.\u201d The same exhibit referred to Thanksgiving as a \u201cnational day of mourning,\u201d McEnany said.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another exhibit called <strong>Christoper Columbus<\/strong> a \u201cmurderer,\u201d \u201cslaver,\u201d \u201ckiller,\u201d and \u201cthief,\u201d McEnany added.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of showcasing great moments in American history, she claimed the museum was more concerned with pushing pro-trans material. Some of the exhibits were so sordid that she couldn\u2019t even describe them to viewers, McEnany insisted.<\/p>\n<p>She listed a few other things that disgusted her:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A diary entry by a child named Ryan who used to go by the name of Jennifer and now considers himself a boy. Ryan wrote in his diary he prayed to God every night for his private parts to grow.<\/p>\n<p>A photo of a trans non-binary skateboarder\u2019s chest binder, a device used to make himself appear like a man while skateboarding<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s an exhibit featuring drag queens and half-nude women; in another, a rubber crotch harness used for something I can\u2019t even say on air.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/doug-burgum-claims-trump-won-the-iran-war-outright-despite-no-firm-nuke-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McEnany<\/a> then called out the museum for what was conspicuously missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother line from the report that I couldn\u2019t believe: \u2018You go to the museum today [and] you\u2019ll find no major exhibit dedicated to America\u2019s founding era,<strong> George Washington<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas Jefferson<\/strong>, the Founding Fathers, the Continental Congress, the Pilgrims, the Puritans,\u201d McEnany rattled off, before putting her hands up to her head in disbelief. \u201cHow do you leave that out of American history?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her guest, White House Domestic Policy Council Director<strong> Vince Haley<\/strong>, said it makes sense \u201cif you understand that they\u2019ve turned the Smithsonian History Museum into an ideological project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey view American history not as a triumph, but as a tragedy,\u201d Haley continued. \u201cI don\u2019t think they view the American founding as good, but bad. 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