Celebrities Sound Off on Trump Slashing Federal Arts Funding

\u201cTrump cutting funding to SESAME STREET but Melania has all the taxpayer money she needs to stay in her penthouse in NYC. #JusticeForBigBird\u201d

— billy eichner (@billy eichner) 1489676362

\u201cAfter all the wars are fought what remains are people, art, nature and culture. Trump can try but he cannot cut us out of the picture.\u201d

— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1489670139

\u201cIgnorant, unskilled, sick, hungry, cruel and violent\u2014what Trump's budget would do for America https://t.co/emMP7KLNYb\u201d

— Mark Ruffalo (@Mark Ruffalo) 1489681418

\u201cTrump's budget is morally obscene and bad economic policy. It will cause pain to the people Trump promised to help.\nhttps://t.co/lC1xpLUJgE\u201d

— Bernie Sanders (@Bernie Sanders) 1489676827

\u201cTrump's budget cuts 3200 EPA workers but adds 1500 ICE agents. America will be getting dirtier and nastier in many ways. Blue States: RESIST\u201d

— George Takei (@George Takei) 1489665384

\u201c\u201cThe arts are fundamental to our common humanity." Tell him, Dame Julie. #SavetheNEA https://t.co/vrKsiAOj2A (via @EW)\u201d

— Tribeca (@Tribeca) 1489685578

\u201cThe Met's Director and President respond to the proposed elimination of funding to the @NEAarts: https://t.co/vRDYRsBmN0 #SavetheNEA\u201d

— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 1489687187

\u201cProposed Trump #SkinnyBudget eliminates @NEAarts. Tell your representative we need to #SAVEtheNEA. More here: https://t.co/oFscNGDM6v\u201d

— Kal Penn (@Kal Penn) 1489680222

\u201cAnnual federal budget...\nfor the entire NEA: $148 million\nfor the entire NEH: $148 million\nfor military marching bands: $437 million\u201d

— Mark Harris (@Mark Harris) 1489643744

\u201cLet's keep them going. @PBS @NPR \u2764 https://t.co/vbXcjKIyOp\u201d

— Sophia Bush Hughes (@Sophia Bush Hughes) 1489672352