"The Kennedy Center Board has no authority to actually rename the Kennedy Center in the absence of legislative action, and we're going to make that clear."
""All of a sudden, when they heard me expressing opposition to it, I was no longer able to speak," she said. "I was cut off and received a screen that said I could not unmute myself ... I had questions, concerns.""
""Like most things Trump does, they are temporary or not real. Same goes for this one," Larsen told Axios. "Congress named the Kennedy Center to honor the slain President. ... Nothing Trump does will change it. And if he defaces the place with his name, we will spackle it over," Larsen added."
The Kennedy Center board reportedly voted to rename the venue the Trump-Kennedy Center, a change publicized by the White House press secretary. The statutory name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is written into the law that authorized the venue. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the board lacks authority to rename the center without legislative action and called the move a disgrace and an embarrassment. Rep. Joyce Beatty said she was cut off and unable to unmute after expressing opposition during the virtual meeting. Rep. Rick Larsen and other Democrats criticized the move and said Congress must act to preserve the name.
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