Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Kennedy Center on Friday fiercely criticized a musician's sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue after the White House announced that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the facility.
“Your decision to withdraw at the last moment — explicitly in response to the Center's recent renaming, which honors President Trump's extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure — is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” the venue's president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with The Associated Press.
In the letter, Grenell said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”
Redd did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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What damages? And quit kissing Trump's ass. That's neither healthy nor dignified.
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Until this past February. Something changed then...I just can't quite put my finger on it......
Anyone? Bueller?
Why not change the name through the legislative process?
