Vice President-elect Mike Pence went out to Hamilton on Broadway last night, and the reception from the audience when he walked in was UGLY!
The VP-elect and his wife decided to take in the show in NYC, but when they got to the theater, they were mercilessly booed and catcalled as they went to take their seats.
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It makes some sense, after all — Pence has put forth some horrifying anti-LGBT policies and ideas across his career, and so the irony of them heading to the theater and taking in a show put on by such a diverse and LGBT-friendly group is… interesting.
Twitter users showed Pence being booed by sharing videos from last night (below):
RT Phil_Lewis_: Mike Pence booed at Hamilton is exactly the type of content I come to Twitter for. pic.twitter.com/dmWUGAMsGC
— Anonymous Morpheus (@anony_morph) November 19, 2016
Whoa!!!
Serves him right, honestly — and the irony of all this was not lost on Lin-Manuel Miranda, or the cast of Hamilton.
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After the show, as Pence was trying to duck out early, the cast came out and, led by Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in the musical, delivered a message to Pence that hopefully will make its way back to his President-elect, too.
Ch-ch-check it out (below)!!!
AMEN!!!
VERY well said!!!
Of course, Donald Trump wasn’t crazy about it, tweeting early Saturday morning about how that speech constituted harassment (below):
The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This should not happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
Uhhh… what?! LOLz, come on, Donald!
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Fortunately, Dixon called Trump out in response (below)!
@realDonaldTrump conversation is not harassment sir. And I appreciate @mike_pence for stopping to listen.
— Brandon Victor Dixon (@BrandonVDixon) November 19, 2016
And while rumors had been swirling around throughout last night that Pence didn’t even hear Dixon’s message, it turns out he did, at least from the hallway, according to a journalist from the New York Times (below):
Pence left “Hamilton” before cast statement read from stage about “we are a diverse America who are alarmed and anxious” by Trump.
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) November 19, 2016
Clarification: Pence was walking out of “Hamilton” orchestra section as cast statement began to be read. Unclear what if anything he heard.
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) November 19, 2016
Brandon Victor Dixon, who read “Hamilton” statement, tells me Mike Pence stood in hallway outside orchestra section & heard full remarks.
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) November 19, 2016
Well then!
Also, The Donald wasn’t just angry about Pence at Hamilton — he went on a tweet spree earlier this morning about that $25 million Trump University lawsuit he was forced to settle yesterday!!
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Ch-ch-check out his angry tweets about having to settle (below):
The ONLY bad thing about winning the Presidency is that I did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on Trump U. Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
I settled the Trump University lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as President I have to focus on our country.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
Uh-huh.
Suuuuuuuuuuure, Donald.
LOLz!!
[Image via Dennis Van Tine/Future Image/WENN.]
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