"made a political choice to tie themselves to a hateful, politically driven media campaign, and they were rewarded with headlines, Roma Daravi, the Kennedy Center's vice president of public relations, said in a statement to Fox News Digital, responding to news of Béla Fleck's cancellation earlier this week. "These partisan performers are the megaphone minority. There are many artists who would love to perform, and they won't discriminate or exclude patrons of different backgrounds and beliefs," Daravi added."
""You just made it political and caved to the woke mob who wants you to perform for only Lefties. This mob pressuring you will never be happy until you only play for Democrats." "The Trump Kennedy Center believes all people are welcome - Democrats and Republicans and people uninterested in politics," Grenell continued. "We want performers who aren't political - who simply love entertaining everyone regardless of who they voted for.""
Multiple artists have canceled scheduled Kennedy Center appearances in protest of Donald Trump's takeover. Kennedy Center vice president Roma Daravi called the cancellations a political choice tying artists to a "hateful, politically driven media campaign," labeled them a "megaphone minority," and said many artists still want to perform for diverse patrons. Grammy-winning banjoist Béla Fleck said performing at the center had become "charged and political" and withdrew appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra. Kennedy Center president Ric Grenell accused Fleck of caving to a "woke mob," said the center wants non-political performers, and booked conservative entertainer Adam Carolla.
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