Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down
Organizers say more than 1,500 people RSVP’d as protesters linked hands to oppose the center’s closure, fencing and Trump’s renaming push.
- Thousands gathered Friday evening outside the Kennedy Center in Washington to protest President Donald Trump's plans for the facility, fearing he might close and demolish the storied institution.
- The Kennedy Center board, aligned with the president, voted Tuesday to close the facility for repairs after District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked their attempt to restore Trump's name to the building.
- On Thursday, Judge Cooper ordered the center to provide at least 30 days' notice before making major physical changes, including demolition, following Trump's warning Wednesday that the landmark could be 'ripped down'.
- Chris Raleigh, co-founder of Hands Off the Arts, cited the previous demolition of the East Wing as evidence protesters believe the threat is credible and mobilized to defend the center.
- Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he could 'save it easily,' but questioned why the administration should raise funds to keep it afloat without recognition for doing so.
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Trump wants his name to adorn the famous Kennedy Center at all costs, but a court forbids it. Now the Cultural Center in Washington is to be closed and perhaps even demolished. Hundreds of people demonstrate against it with songs, posters and a human chain.
Kennedy Center supporters rally amid speculation about possible demolition
WASHINGTON — A large group of demonstrators locked arms to form a human chain around the Kennedy Center on Friday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to close and remake the center in his image, amid speculation about a possible effort to demolish the building.
Demonstrators formed on Friday a human chain around the Kennedy Center, Washington's main artistic complex, in protest against the action of President Donald Trump on the spot and after he threatens to demolish the center if the institution is not baptized again in his honor. Read more: After attempting to turn 'Trump-Kennedy Center', the local can declare bankruptcy, says Remembre newspaper: Kennedy Center in Washington removes Trump's name fro…
In Washington hundreds have demonstrated for the preservation of the Kennedy Center. Previously, the US president provoked plans to dismantle the cultural institution – probably because his name must not be on the facade.
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Quotidiano NazionaleWashington, 19 Sep. (askanews) - "Down your hands," "Donny are not Jfk," are some of the signs that are read among the hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Washington Kennedy Center to defend this cultural institution from the plans of the President of the United States Donald Trump, who threatened to burn the building to the ground if the courts will continue to prevent it from titled to himself. Trump took control of the Kennedy Cen…
On Friday, hundreds of people demonstrated against the immediate closure of the building ordered by the U.S. President, who absolutely wants to name the center after him.
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