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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Dec 26, 2025, 07:49 PM 10 hrs ago

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building [View all]

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.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kennedy-center-criticizes-musician-canceled-220332851.html



What damages? And quit kissing Trump's ass. That's neither healthy nor dignified.
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Hatch Act violation by Grennell there. RandySF 10 hrs ago #1
His contract is with the Kennedy Center; not the Trump-Kennedy Center. Intractable 10 hrs ago #2
THIS ... contracts are real and enforceable but they signed for the Kennedy Center not Trump/Kennedy Center NotHardly 9 hrs ago #14
Ah, interesting. electric_blue68 7 hrs ago #20
Everyone who was scheduled... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #3
I think a trial to settle this would be fun to observe. nt BootinUp 10 hrs ago #4
"Trump's extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure" Norrrm 10 hrs ago #5
It was doing just fine... COL Mustard 8 hrs ago #16
Redd is simply complying with contract law while avoiding a criminal charge of accessory after the fact. Marcuse 10 hrs ago #6
Indeed. there are a couple of sub topics where Aussie105 9 hrs ago #9
Threatening lawsuits against artists. Nice. C_U_L8R 10 hrs ago #7
"Chuck could not attend the event today because he had a cold." Aussie105 10 hrs ago #8
If Grenell really was serious about suing Redd, no_hypocrisy 9 hrs ago #10
Thank you Mr. Redd. Sneederbunk 9 hrs ago #11
Trump will bankrupt that goddamn place. Klarkashton 9 hrs ago #12
Monster truck races!!! COL Mustard 8 hrs ago #18
The assholes just prove the artist was correct Mysterian 9 hrs ago #13
the man signed with 'the kennedy center' not the trump kennedy center. CarolinaNC 9 hrs ago #15
Grenell committed a repudiation of the contract by turning the center into a Trump shrine. SunSeeker 8 hrs ago #17
STFU, Drumphf STOOGE; Richard Grenell!!! electric_blue68 7 hrs ago #19
More like "extraordinary chutzpah" to replace the board and tell them to rename the place William Seger 7 hrs ago #23
Grenell: "True artists perform for everyone regardless of the political affiliation of audience members." William Seger 7 hrs ago #21
Gay trumpers BaronChocula 7 hrs ago #22
Fuck Trump, Grenell, and the sycophants on the board. LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #24
Who cares what richard white supremacist grenell says. oldmanlynn 6 hrs ago #25
Am I Correct in Recalling That Felon47 Recently Packed the Board of the Kennedy Center with the Absolute The Roux Comes First 6 hrs ago #26
"this political stunt" -- More projection from Trumpists. Beartracks 6 hrs ago #27
Send Grenell a post card. BidenRocks 4 hrs ago #28
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