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Bryan Steil: “You think that the American History Museum should not…”

Featuring: Bryan Steil, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 03:51

I believe our work is grounded in rigorous scholarship and that we often will connect both our objects and 2 million that we share with the American people to the major Sumter's trying to help me. Help me. Help me square this. You think that the American History Museum should not advocate for political or social causes. You just said that you think it should be politically neutral. But you also are stating that one of the your core roles is connecting research and scholarship to activism and advocacy. One of the core roles. (03:51–04:00)

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Asserts that [the Other Speaker] believes the American History Museum should be politically neutral and not advocate for causes.

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