Floyd Brown, the founder and former owner of The Western Journal, is revealing that he was fired just hours after he was questioned by CNN about his past comments.
Brown took to X on Thursday to accuse Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center’s president, of firing him following a CNN investigation. Brown briefly held a senior leadership role at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
“My firing came approximately two hours after [CNN] sent an email asking me to comment on my past writings and statements about traditional marriage and homosexual influence in the [GOP],” Brown wrote.
Per CNN’s reporting, Brown’s past comments include calling homosexuality “a punishment” upon America, and “condemning the legality of gay sex. He has also falsely claimed that Obama is Muslim and promoted conspiracy theories about his birth documents.” CNN also labels Brown a “far-right activist.”
In response, Brown wrote:
“Comments rooted in my personal Christian views, which I have made in the past, have no impact upon my work here at the Kennedy Center nor do they impinge on my interactions with colleagues who do incredible work for the patrons of the Center. As a Christian I am called to work with others of different beliefs and worldviews. [….] It was truly not my intention to offend anyone with my comments. I have never intended to attack or demean any person in my statements, and have always shared the mission of Jesus, striving to love others unconditionally.”
Brown also shared the “only explanation” he received for his dismissal: “Floyd, you must recant your belief in traditional marriage and your past statements on the topic, or you will be fired.”
“Needless to say, I refused to recant and was shown the door,” he said. “My beliefs are much more common to Biblical Christianity.”
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Grenell was appointed interim director by President Donald Trump in February.
“Ric shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center. NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA — ONLY THE BEST. RIC, WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.
