Brandon Gill presses Smithsonian official over declaring imagery racist: ‘Is Mickey Mouse racist?’

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) challenged the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Tuesday over an exhibit linking Mickey Mouse’s origins to blackface minstrelsy, accusing the museum of injecting politics into American history. Gill asked museum director Anthea Hartig whether Mickey Mouse was racist, citing an exhibit that describes the character as…