THAT'LL SHOW'EM!
If anything stops Trump…it will be a Broadway Musical. Count on it. https://t.co/VSMVjSA1VU
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 19, 2016
Can’t a guy just go to the theater?
VP elect Mike Pence taking time out of planning transition to catch #Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/ViorURcxff
— David Novarro (@DavidNovarro7) November 19, 2016
Apparently not.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed when he showed up at the hit musical “Hamilton” in NYC tonight:
https://twitter.com/TheStagmania/status/799781231907008512
Mike Pence getting lustily booed at "Hamilton" is obviously the endpoint for this goddamn election cycle
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 19, 2016
Just heard from friend in NY that Mike Pence is seeing Hamilton tonight and was BOOED by the theatre when he walked in
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) November 19, 2016
Unreal scene here – Mike Pence walks in and there's a massive mix of cheers and boos. pic.twitter.com/GVZ5L67mA3
— Noah Coslov (@NoahCoslov) November 19, 2016
Update. Now with video:
https://twitter.com/dkipke12/status/799802254794571777
We’re seeing a lot of tweets like these:
Pence, I feel ya. If a homophobe who wants to electrocute gays can't go to musical without getting booed, nothing's sacred anymore #Hamilton
— Eric John (@EricJohnThe1st) November 19, 2016
So apparently Pence was booed when he showed up at Hamilton and uh what did he expect?
— Mario (@TomatoGrandpa) November 19, 2016
Reminder that the current star of Hamilton is the incomparable Javier Muñoz, an openly gay, openly HIV-positive actor. Pay attention, Pence.
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) November 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/MichaelMcGurran/status/799806582875889664
The best part of Pence's Hamilton experience being ruined for me is knowing that I, a brown queer, have better seats than he does.
— Hadeel (@twittysuch) November 19, 2016
In all likelihood Pence went to Hamilton thinking it was a minstrel show.
— TBogg (@tbogg) November 19, 2016
And the crowd cheered the parts they considered anti-Trump:
I'm at #Hamilton and so is Mike Pence. Crowd booed him like crazy, and gave a standing O at the line "immigrants we get the job done" 1/2
— Christy Colburn (@christy_colburn) November 19, 2016
Another theatergoer w/ Pence at "Hamilton" tells me there was "massive, extended applause at 'Immigrants, we get the job done'" line
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 19, 2016
2/2 Crowd went NUTS at King George's lines "when people say they hate you" & "do you know how hard it is to lead?" He had to stop the song.
— Christy Colburn (@christy_colburn) November 19, 2016
We do wonder how many of these theatergoers think it’s funny that Alexander Hamilton was a champion of the electoral college and the reason we have VP Pence:
Oh and by the way, it was Alexander Hamilton who championed the Electoral College. I guess that didn't make the musical.
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 13, 2016
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