J.D. Vance Booed As He Takes His Seat At The Kennedy Center
deadline.comPresident Donald Trump may have purged the Kennedy Center board and had himself elected its new chairman, but the venue’s patrons don’t seem to have gotten the message.
As Trump’s Vice President J.D. Vance walked to his seat in the balcony, a chorus of boos began. Once he was in his seat, Vance waved, said something to his wife — who Trump recently appointed to the board — and smiled.
The boos then spread more broadly across the venue. You can watch the moment, captured by The Guardian’s Global Affairs Correspondent Andrew Roth below.Boos for JD Vance as he enters tonight’s concert at the Kennedy Center pic.twitter.com/IWTsJUWjCR While the venue’s calendar of events has been wiped clean, tonights event looks to have been a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra.
The incident comes after Shonda Rhimes resigned from the institution’s board and Issa Rae canceled a show scheduled for the venue.
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