Roma Daravi
Role at the time: Vice President of Public Relations of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in a televised interview on Real America's Voice's "Just the News, No Noise"
Statement summary
In a Sept. 16 interview on Real America's Voice's "Just the News, No Noise," Kennedy Center vice president of public relations Roma Daravi said nothing is being demolished. She told viewers to ignore media reports saying otherwise, stating that no one has said that coming from the institution.
“Nothing is being demolished. Ignore the media that is saying that because no one has ever said that coming from the institution. I can promise you that.”
Why we used this label
Daravi says nothing is being demolished and tells viewers to disregard reports to the contrary, which disputes a description of the situation without saying whether tying the closure or renovation to recognition is justified or wrong. The closest competing label is “Defended or excused”, because she speaks for an institution whose board Trump chairs. That loses because the quoted words consist of her denial and her instruction to disregard the reports, and they do not say that the position or the closure is justified, acceptable or reasonable.