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Michael Feinstein Slams Kennedy Center For “Government-Sanctioned Censorship”


Michael Feinstein is the latest theater star to take a stand against the Trump administration's takeover of the Kennedy Center.

“These recent Kennedy Center losses may well be defined in the years ahead, as the 21st century government-sanctioned censorship and silencing of creativity, regardless of value, based strictly on sexual orientation. After the Trump administration terminated grants this month that fund PBS and NPR, Feinstein stressed “the fact that any government-supported access to the arts is no longer safe.” Trump previously threatened to make the Kennedy Center “GREAT AGAIN,” announcing his plan in February to remove those “who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”

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