{"id":671029,"date":"2026-09-19T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=671029"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:31:59","slug":"leftist-mob-links-arms-at-rotted-kennedy-center-to-protest-trump-renovation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=671029","title":{"rendered":"Leftist mob links arms at \u2018rotted\u2019 Kennedy Center to protest Trump renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sg-kennedyctr-trump-split-1200-x-628-1200x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-facebook size-facebook wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Leftists flocked to the Kennedy Center on Friday, forming a human chain around the facility, which faces an uncertain future amid President Donald J. Trump\u2019s threats to demolish it.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of activists turned out to link arms in a showing of solidarity and defiance of Trump, demanding his removal as chairman. Last year, the president ousted the Kennedy Center board and replaced them with his own appointees, eliciting much shrieking from leftists who are going to go absolutely berserk if he sends in the bulldozers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crowds gather at the Kennedy Center to protest President Trump\u2019s proposed changes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkc15Ze4gY\">pic.twitter.com\/qkc15Ze4gY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PenguinSix\/status\/2101101226276577400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe demonstration opposes the recent sudden closure of the facility, the installation of security fencing, and political efforts to alter or demolish portions of the presidential memorial,\u201d the group behind the protest stated, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/protesters-plan-form-human-chain-kennedy-center-amid\/story?id=136558872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to ABC News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHands off!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHands Around the Kennedy Center\u201d rally in Washington, DC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o2g10JJNAz\">pic.twitter.com\/o2g10JJNAz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/2101112804543693138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The battle over the beloved but deteriorating venue escalated this week after an Obama-appointed judge again thwarted efforts to prominently display Trump\u2019s name on the building, which opened in 1971, way back when Richard M. Nixon was president.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has demanded that the facility be renovated and has made its long-overdue overhaul one of his top priorities but has insisted that he be given the proper credit that he feels he deserves for fixing a building he has described as \u201crusted, rotted, and rat and bug infested,\u201d among other things.<\/p>\n<p>The president has yet to order the walls to come down, but the Democrat mob swaddled in pink descended on the Kennedy Center like it\u2019s their Alamo, even toting around one of the inflatable Trump babies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They\u2019re holding hands around the Kennedy Center like it\u2019s the Alamo.<\/p>\n<p>Right now outside they\u2019re singing Solidarity Forever and planning to link arms around the whole building. Over a renovation. Over a name. The ceiling has been dumping plaster for years, and suddenly it\u2019s a\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gunther Eagleman<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2122.png\" alt=\"\u2122\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> (@GuntherEagleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/2101082183658058071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump\u2019s threats against it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DbAF43ZevY\">pic.twitter.com\/DbAF43ZevY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/2101090145990803870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Friday, Trump branded U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper as \u201ca very hostile judge\u201d after the Obama appointee ordered the administration and the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days\u2019 written notice before making physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation that Trump is going to go through with it is at a fever pitch after a picture of him onboard Air Force One reviewing a placard reading went viral on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AFP\/Getty Images: President Trump reviews what looks like a potential plan to demolish the Kennedy Center on Air Force One. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8p5v9nnIhI\">pic.twitter.com\/8p5v9nnIhI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Politics &amp; Poll Tracker <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f4e1.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udce1\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> (@PollTracker2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PollTracker2024\/status\/2100421974631588080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrat lawfare king Norm Eisen and attorney Nathaniel Zelinsky, who are representing ex-officio Kennedy Center board member Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) in her lawsuit against the administration, accused Trump of \u201cholding \u200cthe \u2060Kennedy Center hostage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump declined to divulge whether he plans to have the Kennedy Center torn down when asked about it in the Oval Office on Friday, only insisting that he deserves credit for trying to save it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Trump administration should be recognized as having saved the Kennedy Center because nobody \u200belse remembers,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sg-kennedyctr-trump-split-1200-x-628-1200x630.jpg\" title=\"Leftist mob links arms at \u2018rotted\u2019 Kennedy Center to protest Trump renovation\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftists flocked to the Kennedy Center on Friday, forming a human chain around the facility, which faces an uncertain future amid President Donald J. Trump\u2019s threats to demolish it. Hundreds of activists turned out to link arms in a showing of solidarity and defiance of Trump, demanding his removal as chairman. 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