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Trumps skipping Kennedy Center Honors to prevent ‘political distraction’
NYPost ^ | August 19, 2017

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.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fossils; hollywood; kennedycenter; kennedycenterhonors; liberallovefest; snub; third100days; trump
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To: SMGFan

Good.

Best to stay away from a place named after a serial adulterer and sex addict.


41 posted on 08/19/2017 11:32:16 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yeah, that’s water under the bridge.


42 posted on 08/19/2017 11:32:58 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: SMGFan
The Kennedy Center is slowly destroying itself, and I for one am ready to say good riddance. This year I have not renewed by season subscription or my membership and I doubt that I ever will again. (1) Their ticket prices are ridiculous. (2) They gouge for parking. (3) The National Symphony Orchestra, despite being one of the highest paid in the country, is glaringly second rate and routinely bested by visiting orchestras from smaller cities. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is miles ahead and where I will now be spending my money. (4) Their program selections are atrociously second-rate, boring, and exquisitely and narcissistically politically correct whenever the opportunity arises.

For the most part, the place is now a tourist rip-off and a left-coast echo chamber

43 posted on 08/19/2017 11:44:48 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: SMGFan

F them


44 posted on 08/19/2017 2:47:01 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: SMGFan

Not one of them is worth his presence. Not one of them is worth $1


45 posted on 08/19/2017 2:50:47 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SMGFan

WHAT INGRATES THESE FAUX CELEBRITIES ARE!


46 posted on 08/19/2017 6:10:24 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: exit82

So no one should attend National Symphony concerts?


47 posted on 08/19/2017 10:18:30 PM PDT by Borges
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So no one should attend National Symphony concerts?

If the President is not welcome, no.

48 posted on 08/19/2017 11:18:29 PM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: exit82

The point is that they have nothing to do with this event...or the various other events held there .


49 posted on 08/20/2017 7:06:32 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

The point is, the Kennedy Center basically smiled at Trump and said FU.

Who has ever heard of any place saying to the POTUS “thanks for NOT coming”?

What, was he going to cause a riot? Can you imagine such disrespect given to Obama and getting a pass?


50 posted on 08/20/2017 11:26:26 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: exit82

The honorees did that. The Kennedy center is just a venue.


51 posted on 08/20/2017 11:35:24 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

No, the Center issued the “thank you”, not the honorees:

“Kennedy Center leaders said they were “grateful for the gesture” from the White House.

“In choosing not to participate in this year’s Honors activities, the administration has graciously signaled its respect for the Kennedy Center,” chairman David Rubenstein and President Deborah Rutter said.”


52 posted on 08/20/2017 11:43:48 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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