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'Where are the people?!' Watch protester shocked at lack of outrage over Trump's renaming of Kennedy Center
wnd.com ^ | 12/21/2025 | Mellisa O'Rourke

Posted on 12/22/2025 8:18:04 AM PST by rktman

A man walking his dog past the newly renamed Trump Kennedy Center on Friday expressed disbelief at what he described as a lack of public outrage over the latest visible change to the iconic D.C. performing arts venue.

Workers on Friday added President Donald Trump's name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after the cultural institution's board voted unanimously to do so. The move marks the latest development in the administration's broader effort to reshape the institution.

"There should be hundreds of people out here! Where are the people!?" the man identified Andrew Howard is heard saying in a video obtained by NBC News Washington. "This is a desecration of this building."

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: fauxoutrage; plentyofoutrage; trump
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LOL! Dude, you were out walking your dog. Why weren't YOU protesting? Too funny. I hear maria shriver isn't happy about this also. Good! Don't seem to recall her involved in repairing the facility and bringing it back to a more useable condition.
1 posted on 12/22/2025 8:18:04 AM PST by rktman
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Unless Trump gave it $100 million or so of his own money, I don’t see any justification for the renaming.

I think Trump just likes to rile up the leftists.

Et tu Brute!


2 posted on 12/22/2025 8:20:51 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: rktman

“Protesters” don’t come cheap!


3 posted on 12/22/2025 8:21:02 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

That’s right.


4 posted on 12/22/2025 8:21:51 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: rktman

He said “I will not live here with that man’s name on that building“. Best news of the day! Move bitch.


5 posted on 12/22/2025 8:22:08 AM PST by albie
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To: Brian Griffin

Exactly!

It’s a beautiful thing!


6 posted on 12/22/2025 8:22:13 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: rktman

His name will come off of there as soon as the Party returns to power.


7 posted on 12/22/2025 8:22:58 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: rktman

Here’s your protest, mister:

The musical, “Finn”
Kennedy cancellation despite critical acclaim and themes of inclusion, including LGBTQ+ representation, making it a significant production in family theater.

We’re done with it. We voted Trump into the White House to help us protect our kids.


8 posted on 12/22/2025 8:23:49 AM PST by stanne
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To: BradyLS

Haha, true...this is the moment for this fellow, and others like him, to realize the “anti-Trump revolution” is a bought and paid for psyop. Wake up clowns...the “matrix” has you.


9 posted on 12/22/2025 8:24:00 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: rktman

Why no attention? It doesn’t involve the Left’s two top favorite things: sex deviants and foreign invasion.


10 posted on 12/22/2025 8:24:11 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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“...expressed disbelief at what he described as a lack of public outrage...”

Perhaps it’s because most people do not give a rat’s ass.......


11 posted on 12/22/2025 8:24:35 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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A man walking his dog past the newly renamed Trump Kennedy Center on Friday expressed disbelief at what he described as a lack of public outrage over the latest visible change to the iconic D.C. performing arts venue..."This is a desecration of this building."

The guy complains about "desecration" as his dog is out potentially taking a dump on the building.

12 posted on 12/22/2025 8:25:05 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: rktman

https://variety.com/2025/legit/news/donald-trump-name-added-kennedy-center-illegal-1236612798/


13 posted on 12/22/2025 8:25:24 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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“ Unless Trump gave it $100 million or so of his own money, I don’t see any justification for the renaming.”

I do. The Kennedy Center name became associated with disgusting displays


14 posted on 12/22/2025 8:25:24 AM PST by stanne
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To: rktman

It was a Board decision, not a Trump request or decision.

Trump saved the Kennedy Center from bankruptcy, mismanagement, scheduled degrading “ family” drag shows, and started on deferred maintenance projects.

Havent seen a cost of what Trump personally donated or helped raise from donors in his network. Must be substantial for the Board to make this decision,


15 posted on 12/22/2025 8:27:49 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Red Badger

He is saying, “I can’t believe that you don’t believe the same as I do. Only a rube or idiot could believe anything different from what I believe!”


16 posted on 12/22/2025 8:30:51 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: rktman
Well, there is always this possibility.



17 posted on 12/22/2025 8:32:08 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: rktman

We have found patient 1


18 posted on 12/22/2025 8:32:28 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Brian Griffin
I think Trump just likes to rile up the leftists.

Trump had nothing to do with it. It was decided by the board of directors.

19 posted on 12/22/2025 8:34:08 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly. Or they’ll change “Trump” to “Trans.” Seriously, don’t be surprised when a many — perhaps most — of Trump’s many changes, projects, executive orders, etc., are unceremoniously swept aside once the party of hatred and envy returns to power. It’s inevitable. So enjoy Trump’s triumphs, large and small, while you can.


20 posted on 12/22/2025 8:34:11 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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