Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Louie Gohmert have joined those calling for a Margaret Sanger bust to be removed from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
The Sanger bust, on display in a “Struggle for Justice” exhibit since 2010, has been in the news since controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood flared up again.
Sanger’s views on race and eugenics have been at the heart of the opposition to her appearance as a face of justice in America.
Cruz and Texas Rep. Gohmert joined Ministers Taking a Stand for a press conference outside the gallery. They’ve circulated a petition that gained 11,000 signatures for Sanger’s removal.
When the museum declined to remove Sanger’s bust, STAND President E.W. Jackson called the response “unserious and disrespectful.”
“Sanger was no hero. Her motive was not to help poor women, but to stop them from having children that she didn’t believe were fit to live,” Jackson said.
