Yasmin Williams, a musician who has criticized the Kennedy Center’s new leadership installed under President Donald Trump, said she was heckled by his supporters during a free performance there last week in what she believes was a coordinated effort by a Republican organization to harass and intimidate her.

At the start of her show at the center’s Millennium Stage on Thursday, the guitarist addressed her decision to perform at the venue, saying that she wanted to support the staffers who still remained there but not the board members that Trump instated in February or the center’s president, Richard Grenell.

“I do not support the new board at all, I don’t support anyone affiliated with them, I don’t support anyone affiliated with the Trump administration at all — especially you Ric Grene

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