GOP may name Kennedy Center opera house for Melania Trump
By: Judy Kurtz (The Hill)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
The Kennedy Center's famed opera house could be renamed to honor Melania Trump, if House Republicans have their way.
House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the interior, environment and related agencies annual spending bill that would rename the opera house in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the "First Lady Melania Trump Opera House."
The panel voted 33-25 on Tuesday to approve the amendment, which was part of a series of others.
The push to pay homage to the first lady came months after President Trump, in an unprecedented move that was met with some criticism, overhauled the Kennedy Center's board and named himself as its chair after accusing the performing arts institution of being too "woke."
Both the president and Melania Trump — who bucked tradition during his first term in office and declined to take part in the annual Kennedy Center Honors — attended the opening night performance of "Les Miserables" at the Washington arts hub last month.
Neither representatives for the Kennedy Center nor the first lady's office immediately responded to ITK's request for comment about the opera house's potential name change.
It remains unclear when GOP leaders plan to put the legislation, with the amendment, on the floor for a vote of the full chamber.
With more than 2,300 seats, the opera house is the second-largest theater at the Kennedy Center and often hosts its headline performances.
"Over the years, the Opera House has welcomed dozens of the world's great dance and opera companies and has hosted some of the most important artistic events of the last quarter century," according to the Kennedy Center.
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More buffoonery from the MAGA clowns.
100-1 odds Missy Knavs has never heard of Marjana Lipovšek.
too bad the 1st skank didn't do any straight to video productions in her past career that could be shown there ...
Ever since Trump fired all the members of the Kennedy Center board and named himself chairman a lot of artists and long time patrons are dropping out.
at least they're not going to let her sing (unless her husband decrees it)
Maybe the fat guy will sing... er, screech...
Drama theater there to be named The Three Stooges Playhouse (insert any three cabinet members)
Well, it won’t be any time soon, because Johnson is sending everybody home for the summer to avoid a vote of the Epstein documents.
Apparently, it isn’t named for anyone already, so at least we don’t have to endure yet neither erasure of some non-white male or female who actually earned it.
"Disgusting Whore" seems a weird name for an opera house.
it's new name will be the arcc. association of retired carpet cleaners ...