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Heritage Fellow Calls for Hartig’s Museum Director Removal

8/16/2026

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Cully Stimson, Heritage Foundation fellow, called for Anthea Hartig’s removal as museum director after hearings prompted by a July 2026 White House report.
He said the exhibits present an “oppressor-versus-oppressed” narrative that is “radical,” criticizing sexually explicit material and a race-gender-sexuality focus instead of chronology.
Rep. Gill called Democratic Socialists “genuinely insane and objectively offensive” after the hearings.

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Cully Stimson, Heritage Foundation fellow, called for Anthea Hartig’s removal as museum director after hearings prompted by a July 2026 White House report.
He said the exhibits present an “oppressor-versus-oppressed” narrative that is “radical,” criticizing sexually explicit material and a race-gender-sexuality focus instead of chronology.
Rep. Gill called Democratic Socialists “genuinely insane and objectively offensive” after the hearings.