Beatty asks court to stop Kennedy Center closure and renovation
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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed a motion in court Friday to prohibit President Donald Trump from moving forward with the planned temporary closure and renovations at the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Beatty, an ex officio trustee at the recently renamed center, filed the motion to challenge what she called Trump’s “unlawful efforts to rename, shutter, and gut the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.”
In February, Trump announced his plans to close the Washington, D.C., performing center starting on July 4 for two years, subject to board approval. He said he determined the closure would “produce a much faster and higher quality” renovation as he seeks to overhaul the aesthetics of the “tired, broken, and dilapidated” building.
Beatty initially filed the lawsuit challenging the renaming of the Kennedy Center last December and is now challenging the closure of the center in a combined motion. She is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit Trump and the Kennedy Center team from taking any steps to implement the president’s plan to close and rebuild the Kennedy Center while her lawsuit is pending.
She is also seeking a temporary restraining order barring Trump from preventing her from attending, voicing her opinion, and voting at a Kennedy Center board meeting where the board will vote on Trump’s closure and renovation plan. Beatty has focused on this point before, claiming in her December lawsuit that she called into the board’s vote on the name change and was muted when she tried to speak against the move.
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell blasted this point when Beatty initially made it in December, saying that ex officio members of the board, including Beatty, never get votes.
“You are a non-voting ex-officio member. All ex-officio Members never get to vote,” Grenell said.
The White House said only “deranged Democrats” would oppose Trump’s efforts to “rescue and revitalize” the center.
“While the Democrats neglected the Trump-Kennedy Center for years, President Trump immediately stepped up to rescue and revitalize the institution. The newly named Trump-Kennedy Center proudly recognizes President Trump’s incredible contributions including strengthening its finances, leading major building upgrades, removing divisive woke programming, and transforming it into a welcoming destination that everyone can enjoy under his leadership. Only deranged Democrats could oppose these efforts,” White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told the Washington …
Who benefits from this decision?
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed a motion in court Friday to prohibit President Donald Trump from moving forward with the planned temporary closure and renovations at the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Beatty, an ex officio trustee at the recently renamed center, filed the motion to challenge what she called Trump’s “unlawful efforts to rename, shutter, and gut the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.”
In February, Trump announced his plans to close the Washington, D.C., performing center starting on July 4 for two years, subject to board approval. He said he determined the closure would “produce a much faster and higher quality” renovation as he seeks to overhaul the aesthetics of the “tired, broken, and dilapidated” building.
Beatty initially filed the lawsuit challenging the renaming of the Kennedy Center last December and is now challenging the closure of the center in a combined motion. She is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit Trump and the Kennedy Center team from taking any steps to implement the president’s plan to close and rebuild the Kennedy Center while her lawsuit is pending.
She is also seeking a temporary restraining order barring Trump from preventing her from attending, voicing her opinion, and voting at a Kennedy Center board meeting where the board will vote on Trump’s closure and renovation plan. Beatty has focused on this point before, claiming in her December lawsuit that she called into the board’s vote on the name change and was muted when she tried to speak against the move.
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell blasted this point when Beatty initially made it in December, saying that ex officio members of the board, including Beatty, never get votes.
“You are a non-voting ex-officio member. All ex-officio Members never get to vote,” Grenell said.
The White House said only “deranged Democrats” would oppose Trump’s efforts to “rescue and revitalize” the center.
“While the Democrats neglected the Trump-Kennedy Center for years, President Trump immediately stepped up to rescue and revitalize the institution. The newly named Trump-Kennedy Center proudly recognizes President Trump’s incredible contributions including strengthening its finances, leading major building upgrades, removing divisive woke programming, and transforming it into a welcoming destination that everyone can enjoy under his leadership. Only deranged Democrats could oppose these efforts,” White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told the Washington …
Beatty asks court to stop Kennedy Center closure and renovation
Who benefits from this decision?
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed a motion in court Friday to prohibit President Donald Trump from moving forward with the planned temporary closure and renovations at the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Beatty, an ex officio trustee at the recently renamed center, filed the motion to challenge what she called Trump’s “unlawful efforts to rename, shutter, and gut the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.”
In February, Trump announced his plans to close the Washington, D.C., performing center starting on July 4 for two years, subject to board approval. He said he determined the closure would “produce a much faster and higher quality” renovation as he seeks to overhaul the aesthetics of the “tired, broken, and dilapidated” building.
Beatty initially filed the lawsuit challenging the renaming of the Kennedy Center last December and is now challenging the closure of the center in a combined motion. She is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit Trump and the Kennedy Center team from taking any steps to implement the president’s plan to close and rebuild the Kennedy Center while her lawsuit is pending.
She is also seeking a temporary restraining order barring Trump from preventing her from attending, voicing her opinion, and voting at a Kennedy Center board meeting where the board will vote on Trump’s closure and renovation plan. Beatty has focused on this point before, claiming in her December lawsuit that she called into the board’s vote on the name change and was muted when she tried to speak against the move.
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell blasted this point when Beatty initially made it in December, saying that ex officio members of the board, including Beatty, never get votes.
“You are a non-voting ex-officio member. All ex-officio Members never get to vote,” Grenell said.
The White House said only “deranged Democrats” would oppose Trump’s efforts to “rescue and revitalize” the center.
“While the Democrats neglected the Trump-Kennedy Center for years, President Trump immediately stepped up to rescue and revitalize the institution. The newly named Trump-Kennedy Center proudly recognizes President Trump’s incredible contributions including strengthening its finances, leading major building upgrades, removing divisive woke programming, and transforming it into a welcoming destination that everyone can enjoy under his leadership. Only deranged Democrats could oppose these efforts,” White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told the Washington …
