Trump Picks Two Fox Hosts to Round Out Kennedy Center Board
Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo are, unsurprisingly, staunch pro-Trump voices on television.
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President Donald Trump, who also wears the hat of chairman of the once-prestigious Kennedy Center, has announced the final two members of the arts organization’s board: Conservative television hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo. “We look forward to restoring the Center to Greatness, and ushering in America’s Golden Age. Together, we will Make the Arts Great Again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social after announcing the two newest board members. Ingraham and Bartiromo, of Fox News and Fox Business Network, respectively, will be joining the likes of Second Lady Usha Vance, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Attorney General Pam Bondi. Last month, Trump was elected chairman by a board that he had purged of 18 Democratic appointees. That vote, despite Trump’s contention, was not unanimous, CNN reported. Several artists are boycotting or have otherwise backed out of scheduled performances at the venue due to Trump’s takeover, including Rhiannon Giddens, Whoopi Goldberg, and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller.
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