Vice President Vance gets booed at the Kennedy Center
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Symphony orchestra audiences aren’t known for their rowdiness but Thursday night’s concert at The Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra was a brief exception.

As Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance entered the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, audience members booed loudly. Videos of the episode have gone viral on social media.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
    36·
    12 hours ago

    “This video should challenge us all to commit to making the Kennedy Center a place where everyone is welcomed,” writes Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell, a Trump appointee who is also the special presidential envoy for special missions, on X. “It troubles me to see that so many in the audience appear to be white and intolerant of diverse political views. Diversity is our strength. We must do better. We must welcome EVERYONE. We will not allow the Kennedy Center to be an intolerant place.”

    Hold up. What did you just say?

    “It troubles me to see that so many in the audience appear to be white and intolerant of diverse political views. Diversity is our strength. We must do better. We must welcome EVERYONE. We will not allow the Kennedy Center to be an intolerant place.”

    W-what? I’m sorry, what!? What the actual fuck do you think you’re saying with those words? Those words have no business coming out of your mouth.

    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
      8·
      9 hours ago

      Fascism is not a “diverse political opinion,” it is a commitment to domination of the many by the privileged few.

    • st3ph3nEnglish
      17·
      12 hours ago

      Trump appointee, so, y’know, logic does not apply.

      • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        9·
        12 hours ago

        The Donald Trump Special Presidential Envoy on Super Secret Missions and This Job Is Only For Special Boys!

        title just doesn’t have much ring to it