Trump fires director of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery for allegedly promoting DEI

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Trump fires director of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery for allegedly promoting DEI

WASHINGTON –

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announced in a Truth Social post on May 30 that he fired Kim Sajet from her role as director of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

“Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery,” Trump

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.  “She is a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position,” he added, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion.

“Her replacement will be named shortly,” Trump wrote. ”Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

The National Portrait Gallery was established by Congress in 1962 with the goal of displaying portraits of individuals who have been key contributors to the “history, development, and culture of the people“ in the U.S.,

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It has an exhibition featuring portraits of U.S. presidents.

Sajet was named director in 2013, during the Obama administration. She was appointed by then-Secretary of the Smithsonian Wayne Clough, and became the

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on the role. Before serving as director, she was the president and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Feb 10, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Mayor of the Borough of Madison, Robert H. Conley, left, Nicholas W. Platt, president of the Hartley Dodge Foundation, Kim Sajet, director of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and Joseph p. Ujobai, right, board of trustees for the National Portrait Gallery, ceremonial ribbon cutting to present the life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln by artist W.F.K. Travers created in 1865 at it is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 10, 2023. The 9-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known, life-size paintings of the 16th president. The historic work comes to the National Portrait Gallery on long-term loan from the Hartley Dodge Foundation, whose founder, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, acquired the painting from her family in the 1930s. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

Sajet told

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that the gallery tries not to editorialize when it comes to labeling portraits.

“We try very hard to be even-handed when we talk about people and that’s the key. Everyone has an opinion about American presidents, good, bad and indifferent. We hear it all but generally I think we’ve done pretty well,” she told the outlet.

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