Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and the entire membership of the President’s Committee On the Arts and Humanities have announced their resignation. A letter dated Friday, and signed by 16 of 17 committee members, cited the “false equivalence” of President Donald Trump’s comments about last weekend’s “Unite the Right” gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia. Representatives for Wolfe at Creative Arts Agency said Friday that he was also resigning and that his name would be added to the letter. Earlier this week, two business advisory councils were disbanded as members left in protest. Others signing the resignation letter included Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri; and Vicki Kennedy, widow of Edward M. Kennedy.

Source: National Post August 18, 2017 16:08 UTC