Trump, Kennedy Center and Democrats
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A member of the Kennedy Center board has sued President Donald Trump to force the removal of his name from the performing arts venue’s facade. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, 75, an ex officio trustee,
Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed the lawsuit on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking a declaration that the name of the arts institution is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and that a board vote last week to change the name is null and void.
A new lawsuit filed in Washington, DC’s federal court Monday challenges the Kennedy Center board of trustees’ move to add President Donald Trump’s name to the cultural institution.