07-20-2022, 06:23 PM
“A one hour Critical Race Theory experience disguised as a tour,†groused Mike Lapolla of Tulsa, Okla., after visiting last August.
Quote:The globalist billionaire who funded the woke transformation of Thomas Jeffersonâ€s Monticello paid for a similar overhaul of James Madisonâ€s house — where the author of the US Constitution has been shoved into a supporting role, while slavery and racism take center stage.
No American flags fly at Montpelier, Madisonâ€s plantation home in rural Virginia, and not a single display focuses on the life and accomplishments of Americaâ€s foremost political philosopher, who created our three-branch federal system of government, wrote the Bill of Rights and the Federalist Papers, and served two terms as president.
Instead, blindsided tourists are hammered by high-tech exhibits about Madisonâ€s slaves and current racial conflicts, thanks to a $10 million grant from left-leaning philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
“I was kind of thinking weâ€d be hearing more about the Constitution,†one baffled dad said when The Post visited the presidentâ€s home this week. “But everything here is really about slavery.â€
“Itâ€s been inspirational … I guess,†shrugged John from Wisconsin after taking the $35 guided tour.
Reviewers on social media have been more harsh.
“They really miss the mark,†Greg Hancock of Mesa, Ariz. posted last week. “We left disappointed not having learned more about … the creation of the Constitution.â€
“The worst part were the gross historical inaccuracies and constant bias exhibited by the tour guide,†complained AlexZ, who visited July 8.
Visitors to Montpelier get to see just three rooms in the sprawling mansion. The estate “made Madison the philosopher, farmer, statesman, and enslaver that he was,†the guide said as The Postâ€s group entered the home — a line she repeated at the end of her spiel.
Outdoors and in the houseâ€s huge basement, dozens of interactive stations seek to draw a direct line between slavery, the Constitution, and the problems of African Americans today.
“A one hour Critical Race Theory experience disguised as a tour,†groused Mike Lapolla of Tulsa, Okla., after visiting last August.
Hurricane Katrina flooding, the Ferguson riots, incarceration, and more all trace back to slavery, according to a 10-minute multi-screen video.
Another exhibit damns every one of the nationâ€s first 18 presidents — even those, like John Adams and Abraham Lincoln, who never owned slaves — for having benefited from slavery in some way.
The only in-depth material about the Constitution itself appears in a display that pushes the claim, championed by the controversial 1619 Project, that racism was the driving force behind the entire American political system.
Even the childrenâ€s section of the gift shop leans far left, with titles like “Antiracist Baby†by Ibram X. Kendi and “She Persisted†by Chelsea Clinton.
Virginia Rep. Bob Good called the historical rewrite “a deliberate attack on those founding institutions.â€
“The left is trying to revise our history and is perpetuating a dishonest narrative,†the Republican said.
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