Melanie Stansbury Slams Trump Actions: 'No Illegal Or Unconscionable Orders Can Erase American History'

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In House floor remarks on Monday, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) slammed changes made on government websites and school curriculum under President Trump.

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00:00Seek recognition. Hello, good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to address

00:06the House and to revise and extend my remarks. Without objection, the gentleman was recognized

00:11for one minute. Mr. Speaker, black history is American history. Indigenous history is American

00:21history. Latino history is American history. And women and LGBTQ plus history is American

00:29history. And we will not be silenced. No illegal or unconscionable executive orders can erase

00:38American history. No firing of generals or federal workers. No banning of books or threats to schools.

00:46No purge of websites or removal of artifacts from the Smithsonian or any other institution.

00:54And certainly, no change to our national holidays will erase American history. Because the people

01:03of this country will not be silenced. And we will not allow this president to turn back the clock to

01:11take away American rights. And we will keep speaking. We will keep marching. And we will keep fighting to

01:20protect our democracy. Because this is our country. And we are not going back. I yield.

01:32For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Ohio seek recognition?

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