Jim McGovern: “Republicans had to turn [the Smithsonian American Women's…”

“The first bill deals with the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Let's be clear. Democrats have supported building this museum for years, and there's already a bipartisan bill to get it done. But of course, Republicans had to turn [the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum bill] into a partisan mess, giving Donald Trump unchecked power over the site. stacking the process with political loyalists, and even finding a way to inject their favorite culture war topic, trans people. Then we have a veterans bill that, believe it or not, makes it harder to prevent veteran suicide.” (00:40–00:46)

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