"Although many people feel strongly about this one way, other people may disagree or feel strongly another way," he said, adding, "Ultimately, the government gets to choose the message it wants to convey."
"That is a dangerous statement you are making. It is horrifying to listen to," she said. "It changes on the whims of someone in charge? I'm sorry, that is not what we elected anybody for."
"But let's be so fucking for real right now, it's a literal whitewashing of it."
The Trump administration ordered removal of plaques and materials about the nine enslaved people who lived and labored at George Washington's Philadelphia residence. The exhibit was created by the City of Philadelphia in partnership with the National Park Service on Independence Mall. Federal workers reportedly used a crowbar to take down the panels, citing an executive order to "restore truth and sanity to American history." Judge Cynthia Rufe rebuked Justice Department lawyers defending the removals, calling the claim that the government "gets to choose the message" dangerous and "horrifying," and warned that history cannot be erased on a whim.
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