{"id":2431938,"date":"2025-05-07T13:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-grow-to-ditch-250th-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:10:15","slug":"calls-grow-to-ditch-250th-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-grow-to-ditch-250th-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls Grow To Ditch 250th Chair Who Called Mexico &#8216;My Country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalls-grow-to-ditch-250th-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2431938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt has urged President Donald Trump to remove Rosie Rios, the chairwoman of the United States Semi-Quincentennial Commission, from her position overseeing the planning for America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebration. Schmitt criticizes Rios for her &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-lipson-the-stench-from-the-sussmann-verdict\/\" title=\"Charles Lipson: The Stench From the Sussmann Verdict\">extreme partisan bias<\/a>&#8221; against Trump and the Trump management, citing her past remarks that undermine his presidency. Rios, who served as U.S. treasurer under President Obama, has expressed strong dual allegiance to both the United States and Mexico, claiming morally to belong to both nations. Additionally, she has emphasized her desire to focus on female figures in American history rather than the traditional Founding Fathers, which Schmitt argues is inappropriate for a celebration honoring the nation&#8217;s founding. He contends that the 250th anniversary should be a moment to celebrate American ideals and history without distortion or shame. The article stresses the significance of celebrating the nation&#8217;s exceptionalism and foundational principles rather than promoting a revisionist narrative.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1917592938332258596\">  Natalie Winters\/ X <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/07\/calls-grow-for-trump-to-ditch-250th-anniversary-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Calls%20Grow%20For%20Trump%20To%20Ditch%20250th%20Anniversary%20Chair%20Who%20Called%20Mexico%20%E2%80%98My%20Country%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/07\/calls-grow-for-trump-to-ditch-250th-anniversary-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Calls%20Grow%20For%20Trump%20To%20Ditch%20250th%20Anniversary%20Chair%20Who%20Called%20Mexico%20%E2%80%98My%20Country%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/07\/calls-grow-for-trump-to-ditch-250th-anniversary-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/07\/calls-grow-for-trump-to-ditch-250th-anniversary-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Calls%20Grow%20For%20Trump%20To%20Ditch%20250th%20Anniversary%20Chair%20Who%20Called%20Mexico%20%E2%80%98My%20Country%E2%80%99&amp;body=Sen.%20Eric%20Schmitt%20called%20on%20Trump%20to%20ditch%20the%20chairwoman%20tasked%20with%20overseeing%20America's%20250th%20birthday%20bash%20over%20her%20'extreme%20partisan%20bias.'%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/07\/calls-grow-for-trump-to-ditch-250th-anniversary-chair-who-called-mexico-my-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt called on President Donald Trump to ditch the chairwoman whom former President Joe Biden tasked with planning and overseeing America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >250th birthday bash due<\/a> to her &ldquo;extreme partisan bias.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rosie Rios, who currently chairs the United States Semi-Quincentennial Commission, &ldquo;has a track record of extreme partisan bias against [Trump] and [the Trump] administration,&rdquo; Schmitt said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schmitt.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5.6.2025-Schmitt-250-Commission-Chair-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to the president on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1071629242\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;In July 2016, she insisted that &lsquo;nothing good&rsquo; could come from your presidential candidacy,&rdquo; Schmitt continued, alleging Rios has made &ldquo;statements denigrating your [Trump&rsquo;s] vision to put America first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rios served as U.S. treasurer in the Obama administration and was appointed to chair the commission in 2022. Rios replaced Trump&rsquo;s original selection of Daniel DiLella in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The problem isn&rsquo;t just politics &mdash; it&rsquo;s personal hostility to the United States. As exposed in a thread on X by War Room co-host Natalie Winters, Rios has repeatedly expressed a conflicted allegiance to Mexico: &ldquo;I am as much Mexican as I am American&rdquo; she said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1917592938332258596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">during<\/a> a 2015 speech. <\/p>\n<p>Rios has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1917593015859998999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also said<\/a>: &ldquo;We are the same blood. California, where I was born and raised, was Mexico. People tend to forget that, that we are in the same land, and that was Mexico.&rdquo; Rios further <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1917593503606989245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> she felt &ldquo;much more&hellip;at home&rdquo; in Mexico while lamenting that Trump doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;defend the Mexicans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1917593509592265052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animal Politico<\/a>, Rios stated: &ldquo;Mexico is my country, just like the United States; my family is here, my blood is here. I can&rsquo;t choose between the two countries; I&rsquo;m part of both.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>America&rsquo;s 250th birthday is not the time for celebrating foreign countries instead of our own. As Theodore Roosevelt warned nearly a century ago: &ldquo;There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A hyphenated American is not an American at all,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin&hellip;would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet the woman currently tasked with planning this historic celebration not only embraces at-best dual allegiance, she appears to want to rewrite America&rsquo;s history. When <a href=\"https:\/\/america250.org\/news\/failure-is-impossible-commissioner-spotlight-on-rosie-rios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> in 2020 who her favorite Founding Father or &ldquo;other American hero&rdquo; would be, she instead said she was &ldquo;inspired by our founding mothers,&rdquo; &ldquo;all the women who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: ... ... Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">made significant contributions<\/a> to our history, specifically Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Rios, a self-described &ldquo;feminist,&rdquo; said she wants to open people&rsquo;s eyes to &ldquo;what women have done in our history.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope to bring this energy to the commission. It&rsquo;s not his story, it&rsquo;s our story,&rdquo; she said. This revisionist mindset shouldn&rsquo;t be anywhere near a day that should celebrate and honor the United States&rsquo;s <em>actual<\/em> Founders and the country they created. <\/p>\n<p>Rios also said she hoped the United States would &ldquo;appreciate&hellip;different cultures&rdquo; before adding: &ldquo;United States, united concept.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/11\/america-is-a-nation-not-an-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America is not a &ldquo;concept.&rdquo;<\/a> It&rsquo;s a nation born in revolution, built on specific ideals, culture, habits, and principles, and defended by generations who believed in its singular greatness. As our nation approaches its 250th birthday, we deserve a celebration that honors America&rsquo;s founding, history, and exceptionalism &mdash; not one that distorts and shames it. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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