Psssssssssst! Singer Jennifer Holliday Withdraws From Trump Inauguration

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http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/01/14/singer-jennifer-holliday-withdraws-from-trump-inauguration/
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week’s presidential inaugural following protests from her gay and black fans, further dimming the event’s already low celebrity wattage.

Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning role in Broadway’s “Dreamgirls,” said in an interview Saturday she hadn’t considered that singing at a Thursday concert by Washington’s Lincoln Memorial would be judged a statement of support for President-elect Donald Trump.

She decided to withdraw at 3 a.m. after reading commentary about how her participation was being seen, apologizing for a lack of judgment.

“It just really hit home for me,” she said. “The gay community has big part of my life and my career. I feel there really wouldn’t be a Jennifer Holliday or a ‘Dreamgirls’ in the 21st Century without them. I needed to at least hear them out and learn why it would be such a great disappointment for them.”
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Fuck you Groper Don the Con! Well done Jennifer

[underpants]

1. Donald got a 3am call

So to speak.

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2. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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5. .

Why am I up at this hour????

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6. Well I'm up for a cricket match

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8. My crickets on vacation

Damn union crickets with their benefits

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9. LOL

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3. Good on her for doing the right thing.

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4. Will he sue?

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7. I think Benedict Donald learned his lesson. nt

[smirkymonkey]

10. Good for her!

I am glad she came around.

[King_Klonopin]

11. That's OK ...

He still has Lee Greenwood, who the republicans pull out of his coffin
every four years so he can sing "I'm proud to be 'merican" and give all
the war-mongers a hard on.

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12. Hardon?

Groper Don the Con? Best joke for the morning.

[TexasProgresive]

13. I think many who accepted and backed out were thinking the same thing.

"...she hadn’t considered that singing at a Thursday concert by Washington’s Lincoln Memorial would be judged a statement of support for President-elect Donald Trump."

The idea of performing on a grand stage would blind them to the fact that it would be supporting this man. A lot of performers aren't politically aware they are all about getting an audience. It's not so much that they are self serving, well the are in a way, but they are more focused on venue - you know, Carnegie Hall, Radio City, The Royal Albert Hall and the Lincoln Memorial.

But when the fans and co-workers raise ones consciousness, "“It just really hit home for me,” she said. “The gay community has big part of my life and my career." the are to be credited in backing out.

[IADEMO2004]

14. Nena "99 Red Balloons" (English) Inauguration suggestion.

Original

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15. I saw on the Yahoo homepage Toby Keith is going to perform for the Traitor in Chief nt

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17. Yes - butdid you see Baldwin on SNL last night

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/15/snl-s-donald-trump-grilled-about-alleged-big-russian-pee-pee-party.html
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Saturday Night Live had no choice but to open its first episode of 2017 with a recreation of Donald Trump’s first press conference as president-elect. And Alec Baldwin was more than happy to channel Trump’s hostility towards the media.

“I would like to start by answering the question that’s on everyone’s mind,” Baldwin’s Trump began, a pile of prop folders to his right. “Yes, this is real life. This is really happening.” He confirmed that he will actually become the 45th president of the United States on January 20. “And then two months later, Mike Pence will become the 46th.”

The president-elect went on to announce some of the “biggest performers in the world” who will be appearing as part of his inauguration. “Hold onto your tits and bits because we’ve got 3 Doors Down,” he said. “Also from America’s Got Talent we’ve got Jackie what’s-her-face. And best of all we’ve got the one Rockette with the least money in her savings.”

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16. I hope the kids can sing.

Somebody's gotta fill in, otherwise all we'll be hearing is the Sound of Silence!

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19. That would be perfect

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21. I might actually watch then! Nah.

Ringling Brothers is shutting down, YAY, so we need another Greatest Show on Earth. I nominate Don the Con's pResidency!

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18. While Ted Nugent waits patiently, crapping his pants, for the call...

C'mon, Don! You KNOW you want him there!

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20. Hehehehhehe