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Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) The president of the Kennedy Center on Friday fiercely criticized a musician's sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue after the White House announced that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the facility.
Your decision to withdraw at the last moment explicitly in response to the Center's recent renaming, which honors President Trump's extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution, the venue's president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with The Associated Press.
In the letter, Grenell said he would seek $1 million in damages for this political stunt.
Redd did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kennedy-center-criticizes-musician-canceled-220332851.html
What damages? And quit kissing Trump's ass. That's neither healthy nor dignified.