63M plus people voted for POTUS DJT.
The attacks on him are an attack us!
Screw you!
Posted on 08/19/2017 7:47:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The chairman and president of the Kennedy Center said they were “grateful for this gesture” after it was announced President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump would not attend the Kennedy Center Honors in December.
“The Kennedy Center respects the decision made today by the office of the president of the United States,” chairman David M. Rubenstein and president Deborah F. Rutter said in a joint statement.
“In choosing not to participate in this year’s Honors activities, the administration has graciously signaled its respect for the Kennedy Center and ensures the Honors gala remains a deservingly special moment for the honorees. We are grateful for this gesture," they said.
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The Kennedy Center also confirmed that the annual reception held at the White House would not take place this year.
The White House announced early Saturday that Trump and the First Lady would be skipping the honors to avoid “political distraction.”
“The president and first lady have decided not to participate in this year’s activities to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction,” the statement from the White House press secretary said.
“First Lady Melania Trump, along with her husband President Donald J. Trump, extend their sincerest congratulations and well wishes to all of this year's award recipients for their many accomplishments," said Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
At least two Kennedy Center honorees - TV legend Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade - said they would not attend the White House reception because of Trump.
Lear cited Trump’s proposed cuts to art funding and de Lavallade blamed the administration’s “socially divisive and morally caustic rhetoric” as reasons for avoiding the reception.
Heck, I am glad he isn’t going.
Make it an annual tradition and stop wasting time with this.
A lot of other traditions (e.g., the White House Press Correspondents Dinner) that are beneath the dignity of the Presidency and should be terminated.
No. But this is just about the first time in my life that an elected leader has articulated so many challenges to the establishment. They are furious about that.
I love those “Lifetime” awards ... third raters waiting them out for an award.
*smh* I don’t recognize this country anymore.
“Liftime” award = Nobel Peace Prize .... did nothing but got one for being PC and NWO pimp/pimpette.
Screw them and defund them.
Ingrates! I think Dennis Prager has a commentary on gratitude. These people should READ THAT!
“remains a deservingly special moment for the honorees”
That should be “deservedly,” you illiterate leftard sack of dog feces.
Don’t you even see what this means?
Trump essentially said that you swine can’t possibly act like decent human beings, so he’s not going to soil himself by associating with you.
Dear Lord, save our president and our people from these maggots.
No. The disrespect to the American voters who elected Donald Trump is astonishing. I am sick to death of not being able to celebrate his election, and the agenda we voted for.
It’s time we cut these SOBs off from government funding altogether. If Soros and his Marxocrat stooges want to waste their money doling out worthless awards to talentless hacks at their faggoty soirees we should let them do it without one red cent of taxpayer funds.
just take away their tax exempt status and watch the donations dry up.
So is invited every sports team that wins some championship.
....Have you ever seen anything like this in your life?...
What an understatement. Efforts to destroy Trump are reaching fever pitch
So is he.
63M plus people voted for POTUS DJT.
The attacks on him are an attack us!
Screw you!
President Trump has more class in his pinky finger than all f*cktards in the Rat party.
No one watches this stupid PBS show anyway. They’re honoring a POS like the vile Norman Lear, that says it all.
They are not “honors” if they are not honorable, and playing politics with arts is not honorable.
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