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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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 Trumps 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.
@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
Link to tweet
-> 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 Trumps 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
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
Ted Nugent and Kid Rock will be getting Kennedy Center Honors this year, or next year
Arkansas Granny
(31,528 posts)2. Was Kid Rock not available?
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)3. Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Miller will be in the first batch of honorees.
Victoria Jackson too.
onetexan
(13,057 posts)4. It would make sense that the Kennedy honors be governed
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
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.