Performers withdraw from Trump-backed America 250 celebration

politicsMay 29, 202622503

Gus Polinski and the Kenosha Kickers, Powerline from Disney's 1995 film A Goofy Movie, The Archies, and Rod Torfelson's Armada withdrew from President Trump's America 250 celebration, saying the event has been politicized. The Archies' drummer Jughead Jones called claims the band left because they were bribed with unlimited hamburgers "a fabrication." Their exits remove multiple scheduled acts from the July 4 weekend lineup and complicate the White House's effort to stage a unifying 250th anniversary program.

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