Free Tickets to GOP Group to Heckle Black Artist

[struggle4progress]

Malcolm Ferguson
September 24, 2025
4:14 p.m. ET

Kennedy Center interim president Rick Grenell sent in a group of gay conservatives to heckle and harass a Black performer during her concert because she was a “liberal.”

Prominent fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams performed at the Kennedy Center on September 18 at a concert she had committed to before the Trump administration’s culture war on the iconic theater.

Washingtonian reported that Kennedy Center workers learned that 50 seats at Williams’s show had been saved for the Log Cabin Republicans, a nonprofit group that seeks to simultaneously “support LGBT issues and conservative values.” The center increased security in the venue as about 20 men in MAGA hats took their seats.

“They said they were concerned for my safety,” Williams told Washingtonian. “There were about 20 guys in suits, and some of them were wearing MAGA hats” ...

https://newrepublic.com/post/200889/kennedy-center-richard-grenell-republicans-black-artist-yasmin-williams

[GreenWave]

1. Assholes gonna asshole.

[3Hotdogs]

2. Log Cabin Republicans. Now THERE'S a group for ya.

A four pack of draft Guinness for ya if ya can find a Jesus lovin' Maggot who doesn't hate gays. Maggots love gays as much as they love Latinos.

[IcyPeas]

3. Heres the entire concert. At the 1 hour mark she says F you Ric Grenell, F You Trump

Also attached here is the email exchange between Yasmin and Ric Grenell from April. Grenell whines about the night JD Vance and his wife got booed at the Kennedy Center.

Note: because it was live the youtube video doesn't have the usual thumbnail. Click to open.

Emails:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIO5-RIunqI/

Concert:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Mqz9BRWjBKI