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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Maria Shriver declares Kennedy Center name change 'downright weird'
Caption: Maria Shriver declares Kennedy Center name change 'downright weird’. The niece of JFK Jnr had strong objections to the newly announced renaming of Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced it would now be known as the "Trump-Kennedy Center”. Maria, 70, wrote a lengthy Instagram post explaining her position on the matter. ”The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history.” "It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy's name is acceptable. It is not.” She went on to speculate about further institutions that the current US President Donald Trump, 79, may want to name after himself. ”Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on. Can we not see what is happening here?” Maria concluded with a call to arms for her countrymen. ”C'mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It's downright weird.” ”It's obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone (sic) can't stoop any lower, down they go.” Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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