Posted on 08/19/2017 6:20:21 AM PDT by SMGFan
President Trump is skipping this year’s Kennedy Center honors after backlash from the honorees.
Three of this year’s five award winners, including television icon Norman Lear, singer Lionel Richie and dancer Carmen de Lavallade, vowed to boycott the annual White House reception.
Of the remaining honorees, Queens native and rapper LL Cool J hasn’t commented on whether he would attend, and singer Gloria Estefan pledged to use the event as an opportunity to influence Trump on immigration issues.
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Haha. You beat me by two minutes. :)
Attend things that matter, Mr President. People and groups that are kind and loving and supportive
There are millions of us out there. You don’t need the “entertainment” hypocrites who want to “lecture” on subjects they couldn’t even pass kindergarten on
My husband is a friend of Carmen’s. He’s going to be disappointed in this move of hers...
Rude, rude, rude.
I guess this is kind of like the White House Correspondents Dinner...but it also reeks of some in his inner circle trying to pressure him.
I know Trump is his own man, but is this a good call?
just asking.
Agreed.
Skip the telecast as well...just as bad as the “Oscar show”
Perfect.
These events are all about self-promotion and attempts to bring in a bigger audience for their most dreadful, “important” movies, many of which are losing money. It’s all a sham.
He is wise to skip it. It would be a televised spectacle of a President being booed.
Hope he does a Trump rally that night.
Why should the President honor this Left Wing circle jerk with his time and effort? He has a swamp to clean up, not honor it’s devotees.
<< Hope he does a Trump rally that night. >>
Me, too. A huge rally just like he did the night of the correspondents dinner. That would be awesome!
“”vowed to boycott the annual White House reception.””
I understand they won’t be going to the Kennedy Center for the “Rah Rah” celebration but is there going to be a White House reception? Is there usually? I wouldn’t welcome any of those creeps into the WH.....
Good the see he’s not lowering his standards.
He should have a rally at the same time
ping
President Trump should hold a reception the same night at the White House honoring everyday American heroes who have rescued folks from a burning house or car wreck or gave CPR to save a life. There are many touching stories all across the nation which rarely get mentioned.
DTS syndrome run amok through the clueless, classless crass boycotting cretins.
I miss seeing Melania. I do not blame her for staying away from the monsters of the leftist demonrats.
Refuse to celebrate degeneracy.
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