00:00Well, first of all, as you probably know, we appeared before Judge Cooper again.
00:05And again, we are dealing with all the unlawful actions about the Kennedy Center
00:10that Donald Trump and the board put forward.
00:15As you know, there were several of us who voted in opposition to it.
00:19I am a board member, and we want this over, but we want it done lawfully.
00:24We were very careful about making sure in the board meeting that we said we didn't have enough time,
00:30we didn't have enough information.
00:32A couple PowerPoint slides was presented to us.
00:37But today was a good day in court because we were here to fight for justice.
00:42And when you think about a president of the United States, that board meeting was over two hours.
00:47And while the president acknowledged himself that he had been on the virtual call the entire time listening,
00:55we're dealing with being at war.
00:57We're dealing with people trying to decide whether they can get their medicine, their food,
01:02or put gas in their car to get to work.
01:04And he got on the board call to basically talk about himself
01:08and to make snide remarks about several of us, including myself.
01:13So you have to understand what we're dealing with.
01:16Another reason we want to make sure that we do it in a lawful way.
01:22I don't believe that I have a lot of trust.
01:25You all will remember what we were told about the East Wing.
01:30No one told us that he was going to do away with the Rose Garden,
01:34that the entire wing was going to be abolished or under demolition.
01:42He told us that there was going to be a ballroom.
01:45We've seen all of the horrific things that he has done.
01:50So today was another day in court, and we will continue to fight against things that are unlawful.
01:56I'm very lucky to have a team of lawyers who understand the law and clearly articulated it.
02:06So thank you for being here.
02:08And I'd like to ask Nate Thaniel to say something.
02:12What I will just say very clearly is the court decided this in May.
02:17Judge Cooper was exceedingly clear.
02:19The Kennedy Center's public spaces are named for John F. Kennedy.
02:23They must honor John and F. Kennedy, and they can honor nobody else.
02:27So his decision was very clear.
02:28And we think, and what we told the court today, is that the government is flouting the court's orders,
02:34it's flouting the court's decisions, and it's courting a constitutional crisis over one man's vanity.
02:40And I want to just touch on one thing that the congressman mentioned.
02:42In their filing on Monday, the Department of Justice threatened to tear down the Kennedy Center
02:48if they don't get their own way.
02:51It was the equivalent of saying, my, what a nice Kennedy Center you have there.
02:55Shame if something were to happen to it.
02:57This is unconscionable.
02:59It's unbecoming of the Department of Justice, and it's wrong.
03:01And it's very childish.
03:03I mean, come on, this is the President of the United States saying,
03:06if I don't get my way, doing something unlawful,
03:10then I'm just going to come in and tear it down and make it some arena venue.
03:15We've seen what he's done in the most embarrassing ways to the White House.
03:21So that's another reason that we will continue to fight,
03:24because the American people are on our side.
03:28They're asking us to stand up and to fight for justice.
03:32And so it's very personal to me.
03:34The Kennedy family has been very supportive of this,
03:38and I know they would want me to say thank you to all of the volunteers.
03:43And lastly, let me say, this is affecting everyday people's lives,
03:49the people who work there, the people who come there
03:52and hold it in such high esteem because it is our Kennedy Center.
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