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Posted on 12/27/2025 10:11:46 AM PST by SmokingJoe
We reported how a Christmas Eve jazz concert that was supposed to be held at the Trump Kennedy Center was cancelled. Musician Chuck Redd, who has hosted the concert for the last several years, said he cancelled the concert because of the Trump name going up on the building.
Now Redd is finding out that actions have consequences.
The Center's president, Richard Grenell, notified Redd that the Center intends to seek damages against him for pulling out for "partisan political reasons."
“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,” Grenell wrote.
“Regrettably, your action surrenders to the sad bullying tactics employed by certain elements on the left, who have sought to intimidate artists into boycotting performances at our national cultural center,” he added.
Grenell additionally got in a bit of a dig at Redd in the process, saying Redd's event had been “lagging considerably behind our other Christmas and holiday offerings” and the "contrast" was "drastic."
“The most avant-garde and well-regarded performers in your genre will still perform regularly, and unlike you, they’ll do it to sold out crowds regardless of their political leanings,” Grenell continued.
The Trump-Kennedy Center president further claimed that Redd’s “dismal ticket sales and lack of donor support” combined with the eleventh-hour cancellation “has cost us considerably.”
“This is your official notice that we will seek $1 million in damages from you for this political stunt.”
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
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Excellent
Awesome!
ROTFLMAO!!
Nick can help Chuckie with his TDS.
A fund raising jazz concert seems in order. Fund raising jazz concert.......oh, okay. 😂👍🎤🎸
Feel good news of the day. Entertainers get a pass when they cancel for serious reasons, illness, death or accident. I remember that Cher cancelled a huge concert when her ex-husband Sonny Bono died skiing, she said she had to be there for their children.
3, 2, 1... Until some fat black Obama-appointed female judge with a Star Wars name and who can barely speak English forces the Trump-Kennedy center to pay damages to Chuck Redd for loss of income.
Never, ever go against Trump when you have a contract.
HOORAY Richard Grennell!
“I remember that Cher cancelled a huge concert...”
Who else remembers when Judy Garland kept cancelling concerts?
Love it!
“””3, 2, 1... Until some fat black Obama-appointed female judge with a Star Wars name and who can barely speak English forces the Trump-Kennedy center to pay damages to Chuck Redd for loss of income.”””
You forgot foreign born.
why only 1 million? who spellchecked and removed a few zeros?
A blue has the blues.
I do like Jazz Music and listen to it regularly. I do not claim to be an aficionado, but I have never hear of Chuck Redd.
“In Washington D.C. civil trials, verdicts generally require agreement from five-sixths (5/6) of the jurors, meaning for a 12-person jury, at least 10 jurors must agree, or for a 6-person jury, at least 5 jurors, though parties can agree to unanimity or a different number before the trial, with the court’s approval. “
The price of TDS is high karma chuckles.
FAFO
All I can say is....BWAAHAHAHAHA
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