Trump-Kennedy Center Christmas Eve concert canceled after host pulls out in protest of rebrand

[Coldwater]

I guess they couldn't schedule Kid Rock as a last-minute replacement


A Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Trump-Kennedy Center was canceled Wednesday after the host of the annual holiday show pulled out in protest of the iconic venue’s name change.

The performing arts center’s board of directors, chaired by President Trump, voted unanimously last week to rename the institution after the commander-in-chief, dubbing it the Trump Kennedy Center.

“When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert,” Chuck Redd, the drummer, vibraphone player and longtime host of the Christmas Eve concert, said in a statement to the Associated Press.

Last week, Trump told reporters he was “surprised” the board moved to name the center after him and “honored by it.”

The president, however, had previously hinted that a name change was coming and even inadvertently referred to the venue as the “Trump-Kennedy Center” earlier this month.

Link

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-kennedy-center-christmas-eve-concert-canceled-after-host-pulls-out-in-protest-of-rebrand/ar-AA1T0eY1?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=8f6804dd597e4697958aaed847a676c8&ei=16

[dem4decades]

1. I'm a big fan of Chuck Reed, though I've never heard his music.

[Paladin]

2. I'm sure Chuck Redd has plenty of new fans this morning.

Myself very much included.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Will Trump sue Chuck Redd for breach of contract and keep the $?

[WiVoter]

4. The Kennedy Center

[COL Mustard]

5. Just another example of ETTD

EVERYTHING Trump Touches, Dies.

As I’ve said before, my rosy red ass will never take a seat there until he is out of office and his name is removed from the building.

[twodogsbarking]

6. So I guess now it will go bankrupt, but Trump will manage it through bankruptcy and make millions.

Suckers become losers when they invest with El Trumpo.

[Joinfortmill]

7. Good.

[multigraincracker]

8. Could the Board change it again?

Call it the Trump Dump.

[Coldwater]

9. They could but they won't

because they were all handpicked by trumpy dumpty

[kwolf68]

10. Also not unanimously

Didn’t someone get muted who didn’t want to change the name. Also the article never mentions they can’t just name it either. Doesn’t it have to be done by legislation. Leaving out important facts.

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. How depressing and sad that we have such a weak childlike individual at the helm

of our great nation.

[Snarkoleptic]

12. The fix was in on the vote to rename Kennedy Center.

"The performing arts center’s board of directors, chaired by President Trump, voted unanimously last week to rename the institution after the commander-in-chief, dubbing it the Trump Kennedy Center."

This is incorrect, as detailed here-
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kennedy-center-name-change-trump-joyce-beatty-b2887462.html

“What you may hear is that there was a unanimous vote to rename the Kennedy Center the Trump center,” Rep. Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, said in a video on X. “Be clear, I was on that call, and as I tried to push my button to voice my concern, to ask questions, and certainly not to vote in support of this, I was muted. Each time I tried to speak, I was muted.”

[question everything]

13. And why Trump-Kennedy? why not Kennedy-Trump? Still bad either way.

[Blue Full Moon]

14. Kennedy Center of the Arts

[GiqueCee]

15. As I understand it...

... only Congress can change the name. But legality is of little concern to the Orange Hellbeast, and Republicans are too chickenshit to call him on it.

[ColoringFool]

16. Re-Naming Is Just Another Illegal Move By Trump.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Look at the 2026 calendar after the name change