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(64,142 posts) Sat Feb 8, 2025, 06:00 AM Feb 8

Drumpf goes on homophobic Truth Social rant over the Kennedy Center firings

Source: The Wrap

Donald Trump Says He’s Fired Kennedy Center Board Members and Will Name Himself Chairman

Sharon Knolle
Fri, February 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM EST·3 min read

Donald Trump on Friday said in a ranting post on Truth Social Friday that he has fired several board members of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in DC and will take the role of Chairman for himself.

His message also included homophobic insults, baselessly suggesting that the center’s decision to host a recent drag show was somehow related to pedophilia.

In a statement posted Friday night, representatives for the center didn’t push back against Trump’s actions, though they did confirm they are unprecedented. The group also touted its bipartisan history, for whatever that’s worth now, and said it has received “no official communications” regarding any of Trump’s statements. Ultimately, the group expressed what amounts to meek acquiescence, limply conceding that “there is nothing” in the organization’s statute to prevent Trump from taking such actions and offering no real criticism of the move.

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Then Trump smeared the center and members of the LGBTQ community and implied an authoritarian approach to cultural promotion, adding, “Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP. The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation. For the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-says-firing-kennedy-232612293.html