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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:16 PM Mar 2019

Trump plans to appoint 10 new swampy deplorable members to the Kennedy Center Honors Board

David Gura
@davidgura

Two years running, President Trump has declined to attend the Kennedy Center Honors. Today, he announced his "intent to appoint" ten new members to the Kennedy Center's board of trustees, including @jonvoight and @GovMikeHuckabee
. Other appointees include:

2:46 PM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter Web Client




-> Billionaire Kelcy Warren, who "donated $100,000 to Trump's joint fundraising committee" ((link: http://bit.ly/2UfYUEz) bit.ly/2UfYUEz).

-> Marc Stern, who recently hosted a Republican fundraiser in his Malibu home, with Vice President Mike Pence.
Heather Washburne, whose husband was the vice chairman of the Trump Victory Committee.

-> Karen Tucker LeFrak, whose husband is Richard LeFrak. He was on President Trump's Infrastructure Council ((link: http://bit.ly/2I1PE02) bit.ly/2I1PE02), which may or may not have existed, with Vornado Realty Trust's Steven Roth.

-> Steven Roth is married to producer Daryl Roth, who is on President Trump's list of appointees.

-> Kelly Roberts, who "donated $50,000 to Trump’s super PAC, Great America PAC. She and her husband, Duane Roberts, donated $1.2 million to Republican candidates in the 2016 cycle" ((link: https://politi.co/2UgWyVT) politi.co/2UgWyVT).

-> Finally, he reappointed two current members of the Kennedy Center's board: philanthropist Adrienne Arsht and Carl Lindner III, who gave "a total of $100,000 to two Trump super-PACs in 2016" ((link: http://bit.ly/2HHTCfh) bit.ly/2HHTCfh). His son got married at Mar-a-Lago: (link: http://bit.ly/2FzgMAY) bit.ly/2FzgMAY.
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Trump plans to appoint 10 new swampy deplorable members to the Kennedy Center Honors Board (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 2019 OP
So this probably means that rusty fender Mar 2019 #1
Was Kid Rock not available? Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #2
Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Miller will be in the first batch of honorees. lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #3
It would make sense that the Kennedy honors be governed onetexan Mar 2019 #4
One thing I don't understand. Why are presidents - any president - allowed to make smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #5
 

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)
1. So this probably means that
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:34 PM
Mar 2019

Ted Nugent and Kid Rock will be getting Kennedy Center Honors this year, or next year

onetexan

(13,057 posts)
4. It would make sense that the Kennedy honors be governed
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:54 PM
Mar 2019

By the Kennedys, and have a say in whose on the board, wouldnt it?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. One thing I don't understand. Why are presidents - any president - allowed to make
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 06:35 PM
Mar 2019

appointments to the Kennedy Center BOD? Most presidents know very little about art and culture (there are exceptions), especially someone like Trump, and many of them are going to appoint people who are political and/or financial backers. Why not have the Kennedy family make the appointments or have the board be comprised of people who are prominent in the arts?

I really don't understand why this process was designed to involve the president at all.

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