On Wednesday, July 23, Rep. Bob Onder, R-Mo., introduced the Make Entertainment Great Again Act to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts. Earlier in July, House Republicans proposed renaming the Kennedy Center’s Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump as part of six months of efforts to honor President Donald Trump.
Performers including Ben Folds, Renée Fleming and Shonda Rhimes have resigned since President Trump fired board members and removed Deborah Rutter for staging non-“woke” shows. It passed the House Appropriations Committee but now faces a 60-vote Senate filibuster threshold before full approval.
Amid legal constraints and heritage concerns, experts warn against renaming the Kennedy Center, as federal law prohibits changing its name, and Jack Schlossberg opposes the effort, describing it as contradictory to the Kennedy legacy.
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