Donald Trump Defends Relief Bill’s $25 Million Outlay For Kennedy Center
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deadline.comBy Ted Johnson Some Fox News hosts have criticized one line item in the massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief package: $25 million for the Kennedy Center.
But President Donald Trump, at his daily press briefing, defended the outlay, saying that the arts organization has “suffered greatly” because it has been forced to cancel performances and close during the crisis. “It was $35 million but we took off 10, but I am a fan of that,” he said. “The Kennedy Center has suffered greatly because no one can go there.
It is essentially closed. And they do need some funding. I said, ‘Look, that was a Democrat request. That was not my request.
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