Aug 13 (Reuters) - The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday to add an inscription bearing President Donald Trump’s name to the building’s exterior, according to Democratic U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty, a move that could set up a clash with a federal judge who previously ordered his name removed from the facade.
“In its meeting today, the board voted to change the front of the building’s facade to read ‘The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump,’ and renamed the physical site ‘the President Donald J. Trump Plaza,’” said Beatty, an ex officio member on the center’s board.
A second source with knowledge of the situation confirmed the decision.
The New York Times, citing a resolution, reported earlier on Thursday “that the center desires to recognize and honor President Trump’s existential and unprecedented contributions to the survival of the center by all legal means.”
The board - dominated by Trump loyalists - also voted to close the Kennedy Center for two years, according to Beatty, who sued the Trump administration and the center over what she called an unlawful name change and the planned closure.
Would love to see someone in Congress introduce legislation that forbids anything with attached federal dollars be named after or reference by name any individual found guilty of rape in a criminal or civil court case. That would of course take care of Trump getting anything with his name on it, but just actually also makes sense.
It wouldn’t pass currently of course, but I want them to have to explain why they voted to stick a rapist’s name on things that belong to the public.