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‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

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.

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  • Disgusting. They'll have to burn the furniture afterwards, knowing Vance. We know what he did.

  • When MAGA enters the room they tend to stink up the place. I can see why they booed.

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