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(49,004 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2019, 10:02 PM Mar 2019

Trump appoints Jon Voight, Mike Huckabee to Kennedy Center board [View all]

Source: The Hill

President Trump is nominating actor Jon Voight and talk show host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), two staunch supporters of his White House, to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The White House announced Tuesday the appointments of 10 people, including Voight and Huckabee, to terms expiring in September 2024.

Voight was one of Trump’s few celebrity supporters during the campaign.

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Among the other Kennedy Center nominees announced Tuesday are billionaire Kelcy Warren, the chairman Energy Transfer Partners; author Karen LeFrak; businessman Carl Lindner III of American Financial Group; and resort executive Kelly Roberts.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/435946-trump-appoints-jon-voight-mike-huckabee-to-kennedy-center-board

Travesty is too mild a word for this...

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Trump appoints Jon Voight, Mike Huckabee to Kennedy Center board [View all] highplainsdem Mar 2019 OP

🤦 🤦 🤦 🤦 irisblue Mar 2019 #1

Only the best! Yessssir. Trump can really pick them. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #2

Pathetic but so totally Trump. Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #3

Kennedy Center Honors Roseanne Barr, Melania, Kid Rock Freethinker65 Mar 2019 #4

and Ted Nugent. highplainsdem Mar 2019 #6

and Chachi itsrobert Mar 2019 #14

LOL Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #11

Jon Voight the dentist? Blue Owl Mar 2019 #5

I get it. JohnnyRingo Mar 2019 #9

Le John Barron Blue Owl Mar 2019 #13

I sold his car to george Costanza. Chin music Mar 2019 #15

A Chrysler Le Baron, owned by Jon (John) Voight!!! winstars Mar 2019 #20

+1 Chin music Mar 2019 #26

When I saw Jon Voight that was my first thought: George II Mar 2019 #24

Jon Voight will be very torn... JohnnyRingo Mar 2019 #7

Voight is one of the worst! busterbrown Mar 2019 #8

I remember the scumbag trying to break the Screen Actors Union years ago. Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #12

Great movie. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #16

He is a bigger "Ratso" in real life than Ratso Rizzo ever was. BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #21

Oh, I loved that song. Still do. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #25

I too hate him with a passion, but I enjoy him on Ray Donovan. Of course his character is a total okaawhatever Mar 2019 #32

Is there nothing he won't demean? Va Lefty Mar 2019 #10

this is just the rape of America. pure and simple. EveHammond13 Mar 2019 #17

and these slime bags accept the appointment when they know damn good & well it's wrong EveHammond13 Mar 2019 #18

What? Trump didn't nominate James Wood and/or Ted Nugent? no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #19

The Board names the honorees of lifetime achievement awards every year. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #22

It's so depressing. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #38

Neither does his base nt maryellen99 Mar 2019 #39

Actually, the Board plays a limited role. onenote Mar 2019 #42

The exec committee makes the decision. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #43

It sort of matters, since if you're not on the recommended list onenote Mar 2019 #44

Trump's taste BlueIdaho Mar 2019 #23

Rectum.... magicarpet Mar 2019 #36

trump is stacking the board with ignorant white wingers. Hoyt Mar 2019 #27

He fucks up every single thing he touches. These appointments are travesties like so many others. LonePirate Mar 2019 #28

Joke? cp Mar 2019 #29

Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Ronald McDonald, and Colonel Sanders were busy or something? RockRaven Mar 2019 #30

JFK must be spinning in his grave. democratisphere Mar 2019 #31

It's "piss on the Kennedys" day, Lars39 Mar 2019 #33

Carl Lindner III, from Cincinnati Ohio, is from family of large donors to Republican party. No Vested Interest Mar 2019 #34

The latest chapter in Woody Allen's "What's My Perversion?" n/t DFW Mar 2019 #35

trump is wiping his ass with everything good and decent in this country. Paladin Mar 2019 #37

He really likes trying to destroy everything, but all is not lost jgmiller Mar 2019 #40

So I expect there will be a new program for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #41