Members of White House presidential arts commission resign to protest Trumps comments

[mia]

Source: Washington Post

The remaining members of a presidential arts and humanities panel are resigning on Friday in yet another sign of growing national protest of President Trump’s recent comments on the violence in Charlottesville.

Members of the President’s Committee are drawn from Broadway, Hollywood, and the broader arts and entertainment community and plan to release a letter later Friday explaining their decision, according to two people familiar with the decision who asked for anonymity to speak frankly about the plans.

The commission was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. It is among the dozens of mostly ceremonial White House commissions that advise the president on issues ranging from business matters to education policy and physical fitness.

Members of the commission are Obama-era holdovers, including the actor Kal Penn, a longtime Barack Obama supporter and former White House staffer; director George C. Wolfe; painter and photographer Chuck Close; Jill Udall, the former head of cultural affairs for New Mexico and the wife of Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.); and entertainment executive Fred Goldring, who helped produce the “Yes We Can” video with musician Will.i.am in support of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/18/members-of-white-house-presidential-arts-commission-resign-to-protest-trumps-comments/?utm_term=.be61850bb9fe

[George II]

1. Loosas. For every one that quits there are dozens waiting to sign up. SAD!

[dalton99a]

2. Friends don't let friends work for a Nazi

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. tRump says "watevuh". He can put Ted Nugent, Yiannopoulos & Kid Rock on there.

Warning: Bloody pro-tRump "art" show organized by Yiannopoulos
http://gothamist.com/2016/10/10/pro_trump_art_show.php#photo-1

[pangaia]

4. ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT should not be used in the same .. breath or.. phrase.... or.. committee

In fact while I am thinking about it, right here at my fav GO TO place, DUG (Democratic Under Ground), Classical Music is listed under ENTERTAINMENT. Classical music is not entertainment. humm....


That should open a can of worms...

[Achilleaze]

5. republicans not only piss on our soldiers & veterans, also piss on our artists & writers

freaking republican troglodytes have no respect for any of America's greatness. They are making America suck - a laughing stock of the world.

[progressoid]

6. His supporters will think this is a good thing.

Draining the swamp doncha know.

[yuiyoshida]

7. They will all quit

Eventually , just watch.

[LudwigPastorius]

8. 15 out of 17 private members resigned.

George C. Wolfe and Caroline "Kim" Taylor are the only ones remaining on the committee, other than government ex-officio members.

[Ilsa]

9. Melanesia chairs it.

I guess she knows something about photographic "art" that hangs in locker rooms.

[Tanuki]

10. If you read (vertically) the first letter of each paragraph in their resignation letter,

it spells RESIST.

[canetoad]

15. Well spotted!

[Lordquinton]

11. The white House is getting awful lonely

This makes me wonder why they held on so long, maybe they were forgotten about and just continued doing what they were doing until a visible moment?

[onetexan]

12. WOW, the last 2 short paragraphs are quite strong and very powerful

"Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions. We took a patriotic oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Supremacy, discrimination, and vitriol are not American values. Your values are not American values. We MUST be better than this. We ARE better than this. If this is not clear to you, then we call on you to resign your office, too."

especially that last sentence.

[They_Live]

13. + 1000

K & R

[neeksgeek]

14. How many days till there's nobody left around Trumpy but his lackeys and boot-lickers?