A group opposed to the installation of Donald Trump鈥檚 name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has installed a remote camera so people can watch the removal live if and when it happens. The administration has been ordered to remove Trump鈥檚 name by Friday.
The is situated across the street from the Kennedy Center in an undisclosed location. Its lens is trained on the front of the building, where the removal is expected take place.
Late last month, a federal judge in D.C. ordered Trump鈥檚 name be removed from the building and a two-year closure for renovations also be stopped.
鈥淚 was actually listening to 草莓传媒 in the car. I recorded it because I was so happy when I heard it,鈥� said Chris Raleigh with the group Hands Off the Arts, referring to the announcement that the administration must remove Trump鈥檚 name from the building.
The president鈥檚 name has already been removed from the official government website and related printed and digital branding.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees exceeded its authority when it unilaterally rebranded the institution as the 鈥淭rump Kennedy Center.鈥� Cooper ruled Trump鈥檚 name must be removed by Friday, June 12.
鈥淭he president meant it as a symbol of domination, that I am in charge, that this is what I want, and I don鈥檛 care what anyone else wants,鈥� said Raleigh.
His group is running the live camera because if Trump鈥檚 name is removed in the middle of the night, they will have footage of it and people can see it.
鈥淚 think we were all upset as a city and as a country when we saw Trump illegally put his name up there because it鈥檚 a memorial to a president who was killed in the line of duty,鈥� Raleigh said.
The judge ruled that Congress created and named the Kennedy Center and that only Congress has the authority to rename it.
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