Ford Foundation Photographer Resigns Over Dropped Liz Cheney Award Amid Trump Backlash Fears
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Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly resigned from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation board after it did not give Liz Cheney its top award.
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Kennerly suggested the foundation dropped Cheney's nomination over fears of backlash from Donald Trump if he were to become president again.
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Cheney is a vocal Trump critic and served on the Jan. 6 riot investigation committee.
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Kennerly accused the foundation of failing to stand up to a "real threat to our democracy" by not honoring Cheney.
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Kennerly won a 1972 Pulitzer Prize and served as Ford's White House photographer during his presidency.