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Work started on Friday to add Donald Trump’s name to it. Washingtonis prestigious kennedy center, One day after the board of the organization Voted for change.
Blue tarpaulins were quickly erected to obscure the work, although with workers on the scaffolding, a large letter ‘D’ was briefly seen on the exterior.
nominated for democratic President John F. Kennedy, the center’s board under the chairmanship of Donald Trump decided to change its name to ‘The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
Critics, including Democratic members Congress And historians argue that only Congress can change the name.
This comes after Donald Trump’s name was recently added to the US Institute of Peace building. The Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.
Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt announced the decision Thursday on xThe change is attributed to “the incredible work President Trump has done over the past year buildingNot only from its reconstruction point of view, but also from the economic and its reputation point of view,”
The president, who previously jokingly referred to the venue as the “Trump Kennedy Center”, said he was surprised by the vote.
“Under current law, I think there is very little question that the Kennedy Center board cannot rename the opera house after Melania Trump or anyone else and would require congressional permission to do anything like that,” said David Super, a Georgetown law professor. told Washington Post Earlier this year, Congress was considering renaming the center for the President or First Lady. “…That law is very clear, and I really can’t find any loophole in it.”
Representative Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio member of the center’s board, said the name change vote was not on the agenda and that on the call on which it was discussed, she was muted and not allowed to express her opposition.
“It was not the consensus,” she said wrote On X. “This is censorship.”