Vice President JD Vance gets booed at The Kennedy Center
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Symphony orchestra audiences aren't known for their rowdiness, but the Vice President and Second Lady Usha Vance were loudly booed by the crowd as they entered the Concert Hall Thursday night.
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Vice President JD Vance was loudly booed on Thursday night as he attended a National Symphony Orchestra performance at the Kennedy Center, which has been taken over by Donald Trump and his allies.
Symphony orchestra audiences aren't known for their rowdiness, but the Vice President and Second Lady Usha Vance were loudly booed by the crowd as they entered the Concert Hall Thursday night.
The reaction toward the vice president comes on the heels of recent steps by the Trump administration to overhaul the national arts institution in D.C.
The incident put on display the outcry over Trump’s decision last month to purge the Kennedy Center’s once-bipartisan board of its Biden appointees and have himself elected its chair.
Vice President Vance smiled, waved and sipped his wine when met by a chorus of boos from at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, as the Trump administration faces backlash for its takeover of the center.
