LINCOLN — In plain view of the public, progressive State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha tore down and later returned part of a Nebraska Capitol display distributed by the conservative nonprofit PragerU and the White House on the first day of the legislative session.

Gov. Jim Pillen had said the purpose of hosting the display, sponsored by the state’s Semiquincentennial Commission, was to let the state “celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary.”

The nonprofit behind the images has faced criticism for sharing content that historians consider misleading and inaccurate. The latest display is part of a push from the Trump administration’s White House Task Force 250, outreach designed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.

Cavanaugh told the Examiner she removed the frames because “we are not allowed to adhere anything to walls in the hallway of the Capitol.” She said generally any such display would be placed near the information desk and not in the Capitol’s hallways. “I have always been a stickler for the rules … so I removed the prohibited objects,” Cavanaugh said.

Speaker John Arch of La Vista confirmed that Cavanaugh told him that she had removed the portraits. Arch said the commission can display in the Capitol with approval, which he said the group had received from the Nebraska Capitol Commission.

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