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choie

(6,126 posts) Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:09 PM Jul 22

Republicans Look to Rename Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump [View all]

I'm going to burst a blood vessel.

Republican lawmakers moved on Tuesday to rename the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington after the first lady, Melania Trump.

The proposal was introduced by Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee as part of a spending bill for the Department of the Interior, environment and related agencies. The legislation would require approval from the full House.

Mr. Trump, who did not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors awards ceremony during his first term, has shown fervent interest in the performing arts center in his second, naming himself its chairman shortly after returning to office. He purged the Kennedy Center board of Biden appointees, and ousted both the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, and its chairman, David M. Rubenstein.

More: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/arts/kennedy-center-opera-melania-trump.html

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Republicans Look to Rename Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump [View all] choie Jul 22 OP

Who cares. Nt BootinUp Jul 22 #1

Those of us who give a shit about preserving the arts. choie Jul 22 #5

Your reasoning is not making sense. Nt BootinUp Jul 22 #13

Maybe not to you. choie Jul 22 #16

What next, weekly female mud wrestling? Norbert Jul 22 #2

Will they show her pornos there? orangecrush Jul 22 #3

Have they not seen Citizen Kane? C_U_L8R Jul 22 #4

Heh. choie Jul 22 #18

Democrats say GOP 'snuck in' renaming Kennedy Center Opera House for Melania Trump LetMyPeopleVote Jul 22 #6

Well, Democratic rep Marie Gluesenkampf Perez voted with the republicans. choie Jul 22 #10

Well, that's it... LakeVermilion Jul 22 #11

Please find a way to block this...If not, it will have to be renamed again down the road. wcmagumba Jul 22 #7

And one Democrat, Marie Gluesenkampf Perez choie Jul 22 #8

Perhaps she has been waiting for a lifetime, LakeVermilion Jul 22 #12

A new forum for pole dancing and strip-teases? Ocelot II Jul 22 #9

Salome choie Jul 22 #17

Salome would be good. MuseRider Jul 22 #21

Kissing Lord Trump's ass. Norrrm Jul 22 #14

What are they going to call it? mercuryblues Jul 22 #15

Another shiny object Trump is distracting Dems with Mz Pip Jul 22 #19

Melania who paved over the Jacqueline Kennedy Rose Garden? Kid Berwyn Jul 22 #20

Line the lobby with her nude pics from her "genius visa" days Stinky The Clown Jul 22 #22

The new name for this facility LetMyPeopleVote Jul 22 #23

Renaming the Kennedy Center for Donald and Melania Trump would violate the law that created it LetMyPeopleVote Jul 29 #24

Maddow Blog-Make Entertainment Great Again Act: Republican wants to rename Kennedy Center for Trump LetMyPeopleVote Jul 29 #25

Melania who?? InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 29 #26

Can't they just find a brothel somewhere to name in her honor? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 29 #27

Or they could just call it 'Melania's Best Little Pornhouse in DC' Cloudhopper Jul 29 #28