Update: 1 week after name removed the tarps are still up. LOL.
The Kennedy Center says President Donald Trump’s name was taken off the building’s facade, but a tarp has prevented onlookers from seeing it for themselves.
www.forbes.com
Key Facts
Though the Kennedy Center says Trump’s name is no longer on the building, onlookers haven’t been able to see the proof as a huge tarp has covered the building for a week straight, leaving just a few letters from the center’s original name peeking out.
The tarp, which was put up on June 12 as workers removed Trump’s name, still stands as of Friday morning, according to pictures captured by the Associated Press.
Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi told the
Washington Post the tarps are up to repair the marble facade, but did not say when they are expected to come down.
In a court filing on Saturday, lawyers representing the Kennedy Center said it is now in “full compliance” with the court order to ditch Trump’s name, specifically noting it has “removed signage ‘that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump.’”
Kennedy Center officials had weeks to remove Trump’s name following a May ruling, but the center launched a last-minute legal battle to block the court order on Friday, which failed, though it is still pursuing an appeal that could take weeks.