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(18,402 posts) Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:52 PM Aug 2017

Members Of White House Arts Panel Resign En Masse To Protest Trump

Nearly all of the remaining members of the Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities resigned in protest on Friday, citing President Donald Trump’s failure to fully denounce white supremacists following the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Of the 17 remaining members on the council, who were all holdovers from previous administrations, 16 members signed a letter to Trump announcing their resignations and strongly condemning his response to the car attack carried out by an apparent white supremacist that left one woman dead and at least 19 others injured. ...

Members of the committee who resigned include actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and author Jhumpa Lahiri.



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Members Of White House Arts Panel Resign En Masse To Protest Trump (Original Post) frazzled Aug 2017 OP
Trump had an arts panel? LisaM Aug 2017 #1
They are all leftovers from the previous administration frazzled Aug 2017 #4
It said "administrations", and it's weird. LisaM Aug 2017 #5
Yes, "administrations" frazzled Aug 2017 #6
Check out the first letter of each paragraph -- it sends a message! onenote Aug 2017 #2
Yes it does! Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #3

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4. They are all leftovers from the previous administration
Reply to LisaM (Reply #1)
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:38 PM
Aug 2017

But he didn't disband the panel when he came to office. Guess he didn't know it existed, or hadn't gotten around to dismissing them yet.

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6. Yes, "administrations"
Reply to LisaM (Reply #5)
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 05:10 PM
Aug 2017

It was established by Reagan in 1982. So it's 35 years old. Now it's gone (not surprisingly). Maybe Trump will name all new members, like Ted Nugent.

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