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.

  • Eldest_Malk@lemmy.world
    8·
    11 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.

    • Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      8 hours ago

      French Canadian and fucking tired of this shit. J’vas y crier par à tête tu créra même pas à ça tabarnak.

      I mean, count me in.