While speaking to protesters outside the Kennedy Center, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said that it doesn’t matter if it takes weeks or months, Trump’s name will come off the Kennedy Center.
The Kennedy family is outraged that Donald Trump has decided to illegally slap his name on the national monument to honor the late President John F. Kennedy.
Many Kennedy family members have released statements expressing their dismay and outrage.
One example came from JFK’s niece Maria Shriver:
The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie amplified the arts, celebrated the arts, stood up for the arts and artists.
It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not.
Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.
Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It’s downright weird. It’s obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone can’t stoop any lower, down they go…
The next logical step is for Trump to rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial, and plop himself on Honest Abe’s lap.
The good news is that Trump can’t legally change the name of the Kennedy Center, and one senator already has a plan to get the president’s name off of the building.
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