The National Archives apologized Saturday for a display featuring an image of the Women’s March which blurred out anti-Trump messages and some of the movement’s more explicit slogans.
“We have removed the current display and will replace it as soon as possible with one that uses the unaltered image. We apologize, and will immediately start a thorough review of our exhibit policies and procedures so that this does not happen again,” the Archives said in a tweeted statement Saturday.
The image, a sea of protesters in Washington, D.C., during the 2017 Women’s March, featured one person holding a sign which read “God Hates Trump” — with the president’s name obscured. Another sign which read “This P—y Grabs Back” was also edited.
Reps for the Archives said it had been trying to avoid wading into “current political controversy” and was trying to keep the exhibit family-friendly.
“As a non-partisan, non-political federal agency … modifying the image was an attempt on our part to keep the focus on the records,” Archives spokeswoman Miriam Kleiman said.