The 2008 Kennedy Center honoree said “galling and painful” for her to witness what was happening to the institution amid Trump's threats to demolish the building.
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Barbra Streisand is speaking out against Pres. Donald Trump’s controversial handling of the Kennedy Center . “In 2008, I was deeply honored to be included in the 31st annual class of Kennedy Center Honorees,” Streisand wrote in a statement posted Thursday on her official website.
“You can easily imagine my indignation at seeing this revered institution become the subject of such a bitter struggle over one man’s name and unchecked ego,” wrote Kennedy Center honoree Barbra Streisand.
"You can easily imagine my indignation at seeing this revered institution become the subject of such a bitter struggle over one man’s name and unchecked ego," she wrote in a lengthy statement.
The 2008 Kennedy Center honoree said “galling and painful” for her to witness what was happening to the institution amid Trump's threats to demolish the building.
“The Kennedy Center was meant to pay tribute to a beloved president, and to advance his philosophy that artistic achievement was proof of a free society,” Streisand wrote in a statement.
Barbra Streisand declared that President Donald Trump's "unchecked ego" is destroying the Kennedy Center as its fate lingers in doubt over proposed renovations.
