The White House took umbrage after a guest on CNN said the Kennedy Center had chosen to honor 81-year-old Gloria Gaynor merely because she is a person of color.

On August 13, President Donald Trump unveiled this year’s Kennedy Center honorees, which include Gaynor, known for hit songs “I Will Survive” and “Eye of the Tiger.”

Tia Mitchell, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Washington bureau chief, told CNN’s This Morning Weekend Saturday that Gaynor had been selected because of diversity considerations.

“I do believe as much as the Trump administration has attacked [diversity, equity, and inclusion], they wanted a person of color on the list of Kennedy Center Honorees,” Mitchell said. “The fact that Gloria Gaynor is the one person of color on the list indicates that they struggled ot

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