https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/821729078998867968
For the can’t-make-this-up-file, “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda will reprise his role in order to honor Oscar Lopez Rivera, the FALN terrorist whose sentence was just commuted by President Obama:
Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Hamilton in Chicago to honor Oscar Lopez Rivera https://t.co/QxVxj6yAma
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 18, 2017
Miranda took to Twitter after the news broke to say he was “sobbing with gratitude”:
Sobbing with gratitude here in London.
OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA IS COMING HOME.
THANK YOU, @POTUS.
?? https://t.co/IEdaEvsVcG— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 17, 2017
And that he wished he was with “every [Puerto Rican] in Chicago RIGHT NOOWWWW”:
I wish I was with every ??in Chicago RIGHT NOOWWWWW
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 17, 2017
Y @MMViverito, when you talk to Don Oscar, díle I've got a show for him in Chicago. It'll be my honor to play Hamilton the night he goes.
??— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 17, 2017
So if you’re keeping score at home, Vice President-elect Pence got a lecture while terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera gets a special performance:
For Hamilton fans scoring:
Mike Pence was an unacceptable audience member
A convicted murdering terrorist will be granted a private show https://t.co/AymXNZqJXi
— Brad Slager: It's Lt-Col-VP-Rev-Kaiser, SIR ? ? (@MartiniShark) January 18, 2017
Bonkers is putting it mildly, to say the least:
https://twitter.com/lilmissrightie/status/821730910672457728
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Related:
‘Conversation’? ‘Hamilton’ cast member responds to Trump’s slam of lecture that got Pence booed https://t.co/DCbl2eC3Ao
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 19, 2016
Mike Pence gets booed at 'Hamilton' https://t.co/KR9Ss4XqzF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 19, 2016
Why stop at Manning? Obama also commutes sentence of unrepentant terrorist https://t.co/6ocNHuRKLa
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 17, 2017
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