Things got awkward on CNN’s NewsNight when MAGA Biggest Loser alum Jillian Michaels accused host Abby Phillip of “racializing” a discussion about the arts.

The panel was debating Trump’s latest attempt to control the prestigious Kennedy Center awards, dubbed by CNN a “political litmus test for the arts.”

It comes after The Kennedy Center Honors were handed out to a slate of figures that appear to be handpicked by Trump. These include Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and the band KISS.

After Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky said Trump’s moves at the Kennedy Center were part of a broader push from the president to “change culture,” including through reviews of Smithsonian exhibits, Michaels swerved the conversation toward slavery and gender testing i

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