{"id":1104,"date":"2026-06-29T10:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:41:52","slug":"tarp-covered-kennedy-center-hosts-mark-twain-prize-event-as-comedians-poke-fun-at-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"Tarp Covered Kennedy Center Hosts Mark Twain Prize Event As Comedians Poke Fun At Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>What Did Comedians Say About Trump During The Ceremony?<\/h2>\n<p>While speaking on stage, actor Woody Harrelson <u>joked about<\/u> the center\u2019s attempted name change, saying: \u201cFinally, an award for my dear friend \u2014 ironically at the Trump Kennedy Center\u2026Oh right, we fixed that\u2026Not so as you\u2019d be able to notice.\u201d Comedian Whitney Cummings later said, \u201cI actually heard Trump may come tonight but he couldn\u2019t make it\u2026He got caught in sex traffic.\u201d When Maher came on stage to accept the award, he was interrupted by comedian and impressionist Matt Friend, who mimicked the president\u2019s voice and <u>said<\/u>: \u201cHold on, Bill \u2014 I\u2019m going to let you finish\u2026Why are we giving this low-ratings, lightweight jerk the Mark Twain award?\u201d Insisting that he gets \u201cso many more laughs than this guy,\u201d Friend insisted he should be given the award while still impersonating Trump. Maher then quipped, \u201cJust take it. I am used to losing awards.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1102\">Watch The \u2018Strawberry Moon\u2019 Rise Tonight \u2014 Exact Times Where You Live<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>crucial quote<\/h2>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, the comedian\u2014who has criticized both the left and the right\u2014said: \u201cwhen either side gets mad at me because I put them in jokes, jokes that work, my message to them is simple: You want to not get mocked? Stop being funny. Then the jokes will work. When they are ridiculous, they do work, and when people laugh, you\u2019re caught.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>key background<\/h2>\n<p>Late <u>last month<\/u>, a federal judge ruled that Trump\u2019s name cannot be added to the Kennedy Center without an act of Congress. The judge also ruled that Trump\u2019s name had to be removed from the center\u2019s signage, which at the time read \u201cThe Donald J. Trump And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts.\u201d After a failed attempt by Trump\u2019s handpicked Kennedy Center board to <u>fight the ruling<\/u>, the president\u2019s name was eventually removed. However, the name removal drew interest from locals and the media, resulting in crowds gathering in front of the center and livestreams of the facade.  This led to workers placing tarps in front of the facade as they removed Trump\u2019s name. The tarp has remained in place for more than two weeks now and has been blasted by the president\u2019s critics as a \u201c<u>literal cover-up<\/u>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1100\">Trump Claims Reflecting Pool Now In \u2018Full Use\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>further reading<\/h2>\n<p>One Week After Kennedy Center Removed Trump\u2019s Name\u2014Tarps Still Block Sign (Forbes)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1098\">\u2018Supergirl\u2019 Falls Short With $38 Million Opening Weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several comedians, including Mark Twain Prize awardee Bill Maher, mocked the president and cracked jokes about the tarp covering the Kennedy Center front signage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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