2026年7月25日 美国东部时间8:30 / 福克斯新闻
迈克·凯里就移除“帮助人们摆脱美国优先心态”相关表述一事质询美国国家历史博物馆负责人
作者：莱奥·布里塞尼奥
俄亥俄州共和党众议员迈克·凯里周三在一场听证会上质询史密森尼管理层，为何美国国家历史博物馆（NMAH）在其使命宣言中删除了“美国历史”的表述。
凯里在向美国国家历史博物馆馆长安西娅·哈蒂格提问时表示：“你解释说，博物馆从使命宣言中删除了‘美国历史’一词，目的是帮助人们‘摆脱美国优先心态’。”
“你所说的‘美国优先’是什么意思？”他问道。
凯里的质询是在众议院行政委员会周三举行的听证会上提出的，与此同时，国会共和党议员正将保护美国遗产作为围绕国家身份和文化价值观展开的更大规模斗争的切入点。
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从左至右分别为：史密森尼学会美国国家历史博物馆馆长安西娅·哈蒂格、传统基金会安赫莱斯·T·阿雷东多“合众为一”高级研究员迈克·冈萨雷斯，以及希尔斯代尔学院范安德尔政府研究生院宪法政府学教授、院长马修·斯波尔丁，2026年7月21日在雷伯恩大楼举行的众议院监督与政府改革委员会“重塑美国历史：审视史密森尼重塑过去的努力”小组听证会上作证。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via 盖蒂图片社）
包括哈蒂格在内的进步派人士认为，正视美国历史中较为黑暗的部分，有助于人们理解国家的过往，并为当下的政策制定提供指引。
对此，许多共和党议员对将美国描述为以压迫或奴隶制为标志的举动表示强烈不满，比如《纽约时报》的“1619项目”。许多保守派人士则认为，《独立宣言》等文件中阐述的美国理想，甚至超越了美国在践行这些理想时犯下的最公然的失败；这些理想绝非美国经历的唯一定义。
随着唐纳德·特朗普总统第二任期内，政府全力以赴庆祝美国建国250周年，这场讨论也有了新的焦点。
伴随着“让美国再次伟大”和“美国优先”的口号，该政府发布了一份名为《拯救美国的故事》的报告。
该报告点名批评了美国历史博物馆修改使命宣言的决定，并特别点出了哈蒂格。
议长约翰逊警告：在举国庆祝250周年之际，学生们被“错误视角”灌输了对美国的认知
美国国家历史博物馆馆长安西娅·哈蒂格博士2026年7月21日在华盛顿国会山举行的众议院监督与政府改革委员会“提升政府效率”小组听证会上宣誓就职。（安德鲁·哈恩/盖蒂图片社）
“这份报告明确记录了从历史到行动主义的转变。自2019年起担任美国国家历史博物馆馆长的安西娅·哈蒂格明确表示，她将历史视为‘社会正义的主要工具’，并将自己的职责之一定位为‘将研究和学术成果与行动主义和倡导活动相结合’，”报告中写道。
该报告还详细描述了哈蒂格在2024年向一批本科生和研究生历史学生发表演讲时，如何解释美国国家历史博物馆使命宣言的修改。
“很难摆脱‘美国优先’的心态……就是这样，这也是我上任时修改使命宣言的原因，”哈蒂格说。“我认为这是一个巨大的挑战，尤其是在即将到来的2026年，这将是《独立宣言》签署250周年、9·11事件25周年、1月6日事件5周年。”
周三在委员会面前发言时，哈蒂格为自己的观点辩护，称她在领导美国国家历史博物馆期间并未试图将历史政治化。
“博物馆不会在美国的政治辩论中偏袒任何一方。我们保存并记录美国生活方方面面的证据，以便公众能够接触过去并自行得出结论，”她说道。
“当历史学家谈到重新构建传统叙事时，我们并不是要抹去它。我们是要补充早期叙事中遗漏的证据、声音和物品，让更多美国人能够在国家故事中看到自己的身影。审视我们历史中更艰难的篇章，并不等同于敌视美国。”
但凯里和其他共和党人似乎并不信服。
“‘摧毁一个民族最有效的方式，就是否认并抹杀他们对自身历史的认知。’”凯里引用乔治·奥威尔在描写极权主义的著作《1984》中的警告说道。
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俄亥俄州韦林顿——2021年6月26日：迈克·凯里在俄亥俄州韦林顿举行的前总统唐纳德·特朗普主持的集会上发表讲话，此前特朗普于6月26日为他背书。凯里正在竞选俄亥俄州第15国会选区前众议员史蒂夫·斯蒂弗斯空出的席位。这是特朗普卸任后首次举行集会。（斯科特·奥尔森/盖蒂图片社）
“让我回到最初的问题——你为什么认为‘美国历史’应该从美国历史博物馆中删除？”凯里补充道。
哈蒂格因时间紧迫，未给出回应。
莱奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾在《世界杂志》担任记者。
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GOP lawmaker demands answers after Smithsonian chief urged moving beyond ‘America First mentality’
July 25, 2026 8:30am EDT / Fox News
Mike Carey questioned NMAH administrator about removing the phrase to help people ‘get out of the America-first mentality’
By Leo Briceno
Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, grilled Smithsonian leadership at a hearing on Wednesday on why the National Museum of American History (NMAH) had dropped mention of “American history” from its mission statement in
“You explained that the museum removed the phrase ‘American history’ from the mission statement in order to help people ‘to get out of the America-first mentality,’ Carey said, posing his question to Anthea Hartig, NMAH administrator.
“What did you mean by America-first?” he asked.
Carey’s line of questioning, made during a Committee on House Administration hearing on Wednesday, comes as Republicans in Congress have made preserving America’s heritage a proxy for larger struggles over national identity and cultural values.
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From left, Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History, Mike Gonzalez, Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, and Matthew Spalding, professor in constitutional government and dean of Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government, testify during the House Oversight and Government Reform Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee hearing titled “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past,” in Rayburn building on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Progressive thinkers, such as Hartig, have argued that keeping the darker parts of American history in view should inform an understanding of the country’s past — and help set its policy direction in the present.
In response, many Republican lawmakers have voiced deep unrest over efforts to characterize the U.S. as marked by oppression or slavery — such as the New York Times’ 1619 Project. Many conservatives have argued that the American ideals, laid out in documents like the Declaration of Independence, transcend even the country’s most blatant failures to live up to those aspirations; that they are anything but definitive of the American experience.
The conversation has also taken on a new focus in President Donald Trump’s second term as the administration has pulled out all the stops in celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary.
With calls to “Make America great again” and put “America first,” the administration released a report called “Saving America’s Story.”
That report highlighted the American History Museum’s decision to change its mission statement and called out Hartig specifically.
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National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig is sworn in during an Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026, in Washington, DC.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“That shift from history to activism is clearly documented in this report. Anthea Hartig, NMAH’s director since 2019, has explicitly stated that she sees history as a ‘prime tool of social justice’ and one of her roles as connecting ‘research and scholarship to activism and advocacy,’” the report stated.
The report also details how Hartig had explained the change to NMAH’s mission statement in a 2024 presentation to a group of undergraduate and graduate history students.
“It’s hard to get out of the ‘America First’ mentality …It’s just that, and why we changed our mission when I first came,” Hartig said. “I think it’s a big challenge, especially going into 2026, which will be the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the 25th year since 9/11, the fifth year since January 6th.”
Speaking before the committee on Wednesday, Hartig defended her view, claiming that she had not tried to make history a matter of activism through her leadership at NMAH.
“The museum does not take sides in America’s political debates. We preserve and document the evidence of American life in all its breadth, so that the public can encounter the past and draw their own conclusions,” she stated.
“When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we do not mean erasing it. We mean adding the evidence, voices and objects that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves in the national story. Examining the harder chapters of our history is not the same as hostility toward America.”
But Carey, alongside other Republicans, appeared unconvinced.
“‘The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.’” Carey cautioned, quoting George Orwell’s cautionary book on authoritarianism, 1984.
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WELLINGTON, OHIO – JUNE 26: Mike Carey speaks at a rally hosted by former President Donald Trump after receiving his endorsement on June 26, 2021, in Wellington, Ohio. Carey is running for a seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District. This is Trump’s first rally since leaving office.(Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“Let me get back to my original question — why do you think that ‘American history’ should be erased from the American History museum?” Carey added.
Hartig, pressed for time, did not give a response.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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