Cancel Culture: TX Lt Gov Boasts Of Ordering Museum To Drop Event For Book That “Rewrites” Texas History

Talking Points Memo reports:

No cancel culture or censorship to see here! Just a state official bragging about having a book event cancelled because the work in question challenged his beliefs about history.

Well, okay, maybe a little censorship: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Friday openly bragged about ordering the cancellation of a book talk at a state history museum.

The co-authors of the book “Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth,” were set to discuss their work in an event hosted by the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin on Thursday.

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Texas Lt. Guv Brags About Ordering Cancellation Of Book Talk At State Museum https://t.co/K6HeUKHT0X pic.twitter.com/YGr7jCjRsi

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 2, 2021

As a member of the Preservation Board, I told staff to cancel this event as soon as I found out about it. Like efforts to move the Cenotaph, which I also stopped, this fact-free rewriting of TX history has no place @BullockMuseum. #txlege https://t.co/ua1aSFxHCk

— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) July 2, 2021