Overview

• Guitarist Yasmin Williams says members of the Log Cabin Republicans booed during her Sept. 18 Millennium Stage performance before leaving about 15 minutes into the set.
• A chapter newsletter moved the group’s monthly meeting to the Kennedy Center rooftop and urged members to attend the “liberal” performer’s show with an open bar and complimentary tickets to “fill” the audience with “patriots.”
• A Kennedy Center livestream captured brief boos, and Williams was escorted out afterward through a discreet exit, according to reporting based on the Washington Post.
• Multiple Kennedy Center employees told reporters that seats were reserved for the group and that a staffer directed them to those spots, while the center’s spokesperson said there was no coordination, Grenell had no involvement, and even disputed that heckling occurred.
• The incident follows months of tension over program and DEI rollbacks after Ric Grenell’s appointment, including an April email exchange in which Williams publicly criticized his responses.