“The so-called critical theory undergirding this movement does not celebrate diversity; it weaponizes diversity,” he said. Mr. Menendez, fuming, was far from convinced. But Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who tried to pass the bill creating a women’s history museum, lamented that “it seems wrong” for a single senator to subvert a clear majority that favored the institutions. “Surely in a year where we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, this is the time, this is the moment to finally pass the legislation unanimously recommended by an independent commission to establish an American women’s history museum in our nation’s capital,” Ms. Collins said. “I regret that will not occur this evening, but we will not give up the fight.”

Source: New York Times December 11, 2020 09:56 UTC