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US senator Mike Lee blocks Smithsonian diversity museums, saying that they are 'weaponized': "The last thing we need is to further divide an already-divided nation."
The Post Millenial ^ | 12/13/2020 | James Anthony

Posted on 12/13/2020 12:29:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind

"The last thing we need is to further divide an already-divided nation." said Senator Mike Lee of Utah upon blocking the creation of two new Smithsonian museums.

The museums in question would be one dedicated to women and another dedicated only to Latinos, and enjoyed broad bipartisan support.

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Senate was attempting to pass them by a political mechanism known as the "voice vote", but Senator Lee dissented, and the vote needed to be unanimous to pass in that way.

There are still ways of passing the bill within the Senate, but most of them would entail bundling it with other bills in order to push it through, which in turn creates further complications.

"Many Americans simply aren’t aware of the vast contributions made by these men and women who have come before us, and one critical way we can right this wrong is by providing a home for their stories in the nation’s capital," commented Texas Senator John Cornyn, a Republican and one of the co-authors of the bill, along with New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez.

(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: cornyn; diversity; h1b; mikelee; museum; s386; smithsonian
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1 posted on 12/13/2020 12:29:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

We are a nation gone mad.


2 posted on 12/13/2020 12:30:47 PM PST by Maudeen (If you were to die in the next few minutes, where will you spend Eternity? Worth thinking about.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Mike Lee is holding out for the Hindu Museum.

3 posted on 12/13/2020 12:32:36 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whitey bad.
Whitey man REALLY bad.
Name just ONE THING that bad whiteyman has done to benefit humanity....

Now that they think the bad orangeman, who is bad, will be gone it’s time to kick around the bad whiteman, who is bad. Because bad whiteman is bad.


4 posted on 12/13/2020 12:35:02 PM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: SeekAndFind
The National Museum of African American History and Culture would say there was Too much "White Culture" in him


5 posted on 12/13/2020 12:37:37 PM PST by UNGN
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Mike Lee (R-Mumbai) play-acting as a patriot.


6 posted on 12/13/2020 12:38:05 PM PST by Dagnabitt
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To: SeekAndFind
"The last thing we need is to further divide an already-divided nation."

Bit late to be worrying about that.

7 posted on 12/13/2020 12:38:29 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Organic Panic
Name just ONE THING that bad whiteyman has done to benefit humanity....

Invented the snugie blanket?


8 posted on 12/13/2020 12:40:35 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If it does pass it should be on the record.


9 posted on 12/13/2020 12:42:07 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: SeekAndFind

The purpose of all this crap IS to divide us! The democrat party planned the riots and gave them material support so as to divide us further.


10 posted on 12/13/2020 12:49:14 PM PST by I want the USA back (I fear my government much much much more than a virus from china.)
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To: SeekAndFind

*Fixing my tagline*

Sorry to interrupt.

Please proceed.


11 posted on 12/13/2020 12:50:45 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Maudeen

Praise God for at least some brave sane people!!!!!!!


12 posted on 12/13/2020 12:54:47 PM PST by CAGOPgramma (🙏‼️Truth matters!! Trust God!! Pray for our country!!)
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"The last thing we need is to further divide an already-divided nation." said Senator Mike Lee of Utah upon blocking the creation of two new Smithsonian museums.

I'm afraid I'll have to agree with Senator Lee on this one.

When did he grow a spine?

13 posted on 12/13/2020 12:56:45 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: CAGOPgramma

AMEN!


14 posted on 12/13/2020 12:57:05 PM PST by Maudeen (If you were to die in the next few minutes, where will you spend Eternity? Worth thinking about.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mike Lee can kiss my .....


15 posted on 12/13/2020 1:01:14 PM PST by boycott
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

[ Mike Lee is holding out for the Hindu Museum. ]

Mike “H1B” Lee


16 posted on 12/13/2020 1:15:16 PM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: SeekAndFind

Is he holding out to get a museum for anti-american H1-B globalists?


17 posted on 12/13/2020 1:15:59 PM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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For once he did something right.


18 posted on 12/13/2020 1:20:13 PM PST by RightWingNutJob69
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To: SeekAndFind

What about the Polish-American museum?


19 posted on 12/13/2020 1:29:25 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey

The Polish will have to get in line behind the French.

After the Hispanic’s, French are next. Polish, then Germans, Irish, & Italians.

Fun Fact Europeans Whites from Spain and Portugal show up on Government Affirmative Action roles, because they are “Hispanic”

Another Reason Affirmative Action is complete crap and should be scrapped.


20 posted on 12/13/2020 1:40:13 PM PST by UNGN
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