House Republicans added an amendment to the spending bill that would change the name of the Kennedy Center to the ‘First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.’
Democrats are losing their minds over this, naturally. They have already spent months freaking out about other changes Trump has made at the arts center. They seem to think it belongs to them for some reason.
Isn’t this small gesture the least the public can do for First Lady Melania? She gets ignored by fashion magazines, despite being such a smart and beautiful woman.
We will hear more about this story in the coming days. Democrats are definitely going to try to fight it.
ABC News reports:
Democrats say GOP ‘snuck in’ renaming Kennedy Center Opera House for Melania Trump
An amendment changing the name of the 2,364-seat theater, the second largest in the arts complex, was approved along party lines by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and would become law if Congress approves the House GOP spending bill that funds the Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies.
“This is an excellent way to recognize [the first lady’s] support and commitment to promoting the arts,” said Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee…
Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Republicans “snuck in” the “divisive” proposal to change the name of the Opera House and that Republicans have not technically approved a name change for a portion of the center.
“The Republicans have now given the president six times the normal amount of money to run the Kennedy Center, carte blanche over who will be on the board, and how different parts of the Kennedy Center — perhaps the whole Kennedy Center itself — will be named, and this amendment confirms that,” Pingree said in subcommittee hearing.
This is so great.
BREAKING: House GOP advances proposal to change the name of the Kennedy Center’s Opera House to “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.”
Democrats are furious over the move.
Make it happen. pic.twitter.com/vchKB54FZB
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 22, 2025
JUST IN: House Republicans have just ADVANCED a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House”
The opera house is one of the DC venue’s major theaters.
I love it. Melania absolutely deserves this. pic.twitter.com/AOtj2r4jhI
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2025
This is going to cause a lot of liberal heads to explode in the coming days.
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