{"id":2606052,"date":"2026-05-22T18:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-sink-womens-history-museum-bill-because-it-wouldnt-include-transgenders\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:09:42","slug":"democrats-sink-womens-history-museum-bill-because-it-wouldnt-include-transgenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-sink-womens-history-museum-bill-because-it-wouldnt-include-transgenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Sink Women&#8217;s History Museum Bill Because It Wouldn&#8217;t Include Transgenders"},"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%2Fdemocrats-sink-womens-history-museum-bill-because-it-wouldnt-include-transgenders%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=2606052&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>A proposed, bipartisan bill to establish where the Smithsonian American Women\u2019s History Museum would be located on the National Mall failed after lawmakers disagreed-particularly over how the museum would define \u201cwomen.\u201d Republicans amended the bill to restrict the museum\u2019s dedication and presentations to \u201cbiological women\u201d and to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >forbid depicting biological men<\/a> as female. Democrats-along with some Republicans-objected and defeated the measure 216-204 in the House. Democrats also said the amendments would give former President Trump too much control over what content the museum includes. Republicans argued their changes only ensured the location could be adjusted if the National Mall proved problematic, and that the museum shoudl feature only women.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A once-bipartisan proposal to establish the location of a women\u2019s history museum failed when lawmakers could not define a woman.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/house-rejects-smithsonian-womens-museum-bill-after-gop-133205091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, House Democrats rejected the bill on Thursday after Republicans amended its language to ensure that the new Smithsonian American Women\u2019s History Museum recognized only biological women \u2014 in other words, women.<\/p>\n<p>Had it passed, the bill would have located the new museum on the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the amended language led to a partisan battle in which Democrats, joined by some Republicans, defeated the bill, 216-204.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Museum shall be dedicated to preserving, researching, and presenting the history, achievements, and lived experiences of biological women in the United States,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-strip-gop-amendments-in-passing-budget-resolution\/\" title=\"Democrats Strip GOP Amendments in Passing Budget Resolution\">amended version<\/a> read in part.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the amended version, the Republicans added that the \u201cMuseum may not identify, present, describe, or otherwise depict any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-off-to-a-fast-start-with-executive-orders-but-does-he-know-whats-in-them-and-can-he-explain-how-any-help-the-average-american\/\" title=\"Biden Is Off to a Fast Start with Executive Orders But Does He know What\u2019s In Them and Can He Explain How Any Help the Average American?\">biological male<\/a> as a female.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats objected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a simple bill. You kind of ruined it with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-arrested-allegedly-kidnapping-child-taking-overseas-gender-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trans obsession<\/a> and your culture wars,\u201d Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico, chair of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus, said earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>However, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, the bill\u2019s chief sponsor, called Democrats\u2019 opposition a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the party that is opposing a women\u2019s history museum on the National Mall because they want to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-california-using-taxpayer-funds-give-homeless-transgender-illegals-sex-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> exhibits \u2014 maybe they are the ones who are trans obsessed,\u201d Malliotakis said.<\/p>\n<p>The New York lawmaker also called it \u201cridiculous that we are arguing over this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speaker-mike-johnson-provides-update-house-republican-missing-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> echoed those sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are they backing out? Simply because the bill reinforces an objective truth that a museum for women, get ready, should showcase only women,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>The defeated bill would have merely established the museum\u2019s location on the National Mall. Congress approved the creation of the museum in 2020, during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in opposition because those GOP dissidents objected to the museum on principle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe say we need to unite this country, but then we isolate every group,\u201d Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-country-come-unglued-tim-burchett-reveals-alien-life-briefing-attended-2-weeks-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Burchett<\/a>, a Republican from Tennessee, said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats also objected to the amended bill, they said, because it gave Trump too much authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey amended the bill to give Trump and his allies unregulated power over what content and which women can be included in the museum, and the museum\u2019s location,\u201d Fernandez and other members of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus said in a statement, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/05\/21\/congress\/house-smithsonian-womens-museum-00932675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>. \u201cA museum about women, fought for and supported by women, should not be controlled by one man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to ABC News, however, Republicans countered that the bill merely gave Trump the ability to relocate the museum should the National Mall location prove problematic.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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