Kennedy Center in Washington
Spectators are booing US Vice Vance and wife at concert
The audience in the Kennedy Center in Washington made US vice JD Vance and Second Lady Usha unmistakably clear what they think of them at a concert.
US vice JD Vance and his wife Usha were booed when visiting a concert in the renowned Kennedy Center in the US capital Washington. On a video of a journalist of the “Guardian” you can see how the vice and the second lady take their seats in rank. Then the spectators start to build loudly in the hall.
Went to a concert with @Guardian‘S @chiggi and ended up at a political protest as the audience for a symphony orchestra (!) Started to boo and catcall the us vice-president. Our Report from a memorable night at the kennedy center.https: //t.co/awrodbe7ju
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The couple attended a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra. The “Washington Post” reported that the concert started with around half an hour late due to the high security measures. The video of the incident shows how Vance reacts to the boos. He waves and takes a sip from a wine glass. According to reports, Vance and his wife Usha looked at the entire performance.
Donald Trump and JD Vance want to bring cultural institution on line
US President Donald Trump had brought the Kennedy Center under his control shortly after taking office. He released several members of the board of trustees, took over the chair and made the former US ambassador in Germany, Richard Grenell. Trump spoke of a “golden age of art and culture”.
The step is an expression of a greater cultural struggle in the USA. Among other things, Trump justified the step by the fact that the institution was “Woke”. “We didn’t like what they showed,” he said. The award -winning musical “Hamilton” had canceled upcoming appearances in the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover.
Grenell is heading against the left
The newly elected president of the facility, Grenell, reacted to the incident around Vance on the platform X. Among other things, he wrote: “The intolerant left are radicals who cannot even sit in a room with people who don’t choose like them.”
In the magnificent building of the Kennedy Center on the Potomac River, all genres of theater, dance and music are traditionally shown. It was named after former President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
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