US vice-president Jd vance faces a cacophony of rays and jibing during a classic concert in Washington, DC, Thursday evening.
Vance and his cohort, including his wife, Usha Vance, entered their John F box. Kennedy center For the arts of the show, while the regular pre-concert procedures began and met a deeply unhappy crowd while taking place.
The public members had been inspected by agents of the secret service before the vice-president and his wife entered the auditorium-a process which delayed the start of the concert by almost half an hour.
While Boos during sports games between American and Canadian teams have become somewhat usual in recent months, it is unusual that such manifest political demonstrations are taking place during conventional concerts, of which the public is notoriously selected.
Nevertheless, Vance responded to the crowd of heckling with a relaxed wave and a smile before exchanging a few indiscriminate words with his wife.
On the bill that evening, there was an all-Russian range of artists, an arrangement on the nose since Vance punishing exchanges with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy In the oval office at the end of February, where Ukrainian chief Donald Trump Donald Trump.
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After the incident, Richard Grenell, who was recently appointed by Trump as acting executive director of Kennedy Center, wrote on X He was worried by public actions.
“I bother me to see that so many people in the public seem to be white and intolerant of various political opinions. Diversity is our strength. We have to do better. We have to welcome everyone. We will not allow the Kennedy Center to be an intolerant place, “he wrote.
In February, Trump pulled the Kennedy Center Board chair, David Rubinstein, and named himself to the post. He also rejected many administrators and called on new members of the board of directors, including USHA Vance.
“I decided to immediately dismiss several individuals from the board of directors, including the president, who does not share our vision of a golden age in the arts and culture,” wrote the president on Truth Social.
In a separate article, Trump shared an image generated by the AI-Even Dressed in the conductor alongside a legend who said: “Welcome to the New Kennedy Center”.
He also expressed the dissatisfaction of the “management” that the Kennedy center took with its shows.
“Last year, the Kennedy Center presented drags programs specifically targeting our young people – it will stop. The Kennedy Center is an American jewel and must reflect the brightest stars on its scene from all over our country. For the Kennedy Center, the best is yet to come! He wrote.
In response to the takeover of the emblematic president of the place, which generally takes a neutral political position, producers of the successful musical Hamilton Canceled with a racing game for 2026. The actor and musician Issa Rae, among other artists, took the same route.
The Washington Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra both call the Kennedy Center at home. The center produces more than 2,000 performances per year.
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