Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in light of Maga takeover

JD Vance, the US vice-president, was booed by the audience as he took his seat at a National Symphony Orchestra concert at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Thursday evening.

As the normal pre-concert announcements got under way, the vice-presidential party filed into the box tier. Booing and jeering erupted in the hall, drowning out the announcements, as Vance and his wife, Usha, took their seats.

Such a vocal, impassioned political protest was a highly unusual event in the normally polite and restrained world of classical music.

Vance ironically acknowledged the yelling and shouts of “You ruined this place!” with a smile and a wave.

  • Doug HollandEnglish
    8•3 hours ago

    Why would anyone who’s not a Nazi perform or attend a performance at Trump’s Kennedy Center?

  • @[email protected]
    49•5 hours ago

    They should have kept booing until he was forced to leave. Nothing gets to proceed in the presence of Nazis. And if that means the show is canceled or ruined, so be it. We’ve already had far worse things ruined this week.

  • @[email protected]
    37•7 hours ago

    If I ever get the chance to heckle jd vance in person, I’d happily use my defcon 1 voice to make sure he feels uncomfortable, shamed, and involuntarily pees his pants.

    • mosiacmango
      10•5 hours ago

      Haha, defcon 1 voice is a great way to describe what you’re talking about.

      I spent some time in heavy industrial spaces, so i have an “engineering” voice that is like roaring thunder compared to my everyday. When the median decibel level is 110 and everyone is wearing hearing protection, you learn to “shout talk” with your whole body.

      I can also be horrifyingly loud. I’ll gladly join your chorus.

      • @[email protected]
        5•3 hours ago

        I have the drill sergeant bellow. It causes abject horror and pants wetting in the mentally delicate. I’d happily join the chorus.

  • @[email protected]
    27•7 hours ago

    If I ever go to DC, I’m buying a tomato to hurl at either of those bozos.

    Sure, there’s a non-zero chance of being shot at, and a bigger chance of being flat-out arrested, but the news coverage will be legendary.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•2 hours ago

      If you’re cool with being arresled and/or shct, do something that’s worth it. Don’t waste that on a tomato.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 hour ago

      “Elites use different words, eat different foods, listen to different music – I was astonished when I learned that people listened to classical music for pleasure – and generally occupy different worlds from America’s poor,” he said. “Unfortunately, this can make things a little culturally awkward when you leap from one class to the other.”