Posted on 11/19/2016 6:09:16 AM PST by RummyChick
The US vice-president elect, Mike Pence, was booed by a theater audience when he attended the hit hip-hop musical Hamilton in New York on Friday night and then had a message about protecting diversity delivered to him from the stage after the curtain call.
On Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump accused theatre-goers of having harassed Pence, writing on Twitter: Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This should not happen!
He also demanded an apology: The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Wow, looks like its still healthy & growing. That is quite a slope.
It's like the Cleveland Indians lecturing the Cubs how to play baseball...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cleveland-indians-world-series-loss-fans_us_581bbc16e4b0d9ce6fbaed20
Democrats are clueless in their arrogance... idiots. Don't they know their actions ARE the reason we're winning?
It's like the Cleveland Indians lecturing the Cubs how to play baseball...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cleveland-indians-world-series-loss-fans_us_581bbc16e4b0d9ce6fbaed20
Democrats are clueless in their arrogance... idiots. Don't they know their actions ARE the reason we're winning?
FWIW, looking at those figures, I was thinking just the opposite.
Also interesting: the stats NOT provided.
Good question. If you really want a kick, you should read the piece in the NYT about Melania Trump’s sartorial taste.
Just imagine— even in a $1,500 blouse, Melania looks like she went on a shopping spree, rather than having someone “dress her.”
How does this NYT fashion writer imagine this sounds to most Americans? Or does she think that her fellow Manhattanites have the only opinions that matter?
Showcasing liberal elties as the idiots they are... it's fun to watch.
None of them express an idea that's NOT written out for them...don't YOU enjoy that pravious?
Top that off with liberal arrogance - which is especially funny considering Democrats have been losing everything for the past 8 years: lost the Presidency, the Senate, the House, vast majority of Governorships and two thirds of State Legislatures... And still they speak with force and haughtiness - as if speaking to losers, rather than the winners.
I agree, find some laws under which they can be sued, as a sitting Governor and private citizen.
Leave to the commies at the Guardian to make their headline an outright lie.
Trump told the cast to apologize, not the audience.
“The good news that surfaces from this hate, is that these fools and idiots continue the continuing, marching, coming destruction of the Democrat party!!!”
It’s a good point. These actors, comically and unwittingly, just created thousands and thousands of more Trump supporters.
When I saw the title I was concerned. Then I read the blurb and saw the title was incorrect.
With free speech, the AUDIENCE (general public) should be free to boo. Imagine if OJ Simpson after being acquitted was in there, or Hillary Clinton. The President should not call for shutdown of free speech.
However, President elect Trump wants the PRODUCTION / CAST of Hamilton to apologize and they should. The audience paid good money and what happens on stage is what they paid for. The cast doing what they did for political reasons is appalling. No matter who was in the audience.
But they are shallow and ignorant and they won’t apologize.
Trump is not "thin skinned". He is fighting back! I heard this complaint throughout the campaign. Trump won by fighting back! I'm glad he does. I think those who are offended by it are too thin skinned.
After reading the starement bolded, it hit me how the cast was focused on the word DIVERSE.
To divert, you need something to divert FROM. This whole diverse thing is not a push for America to be colorblind like the dream of MLK, and how I grew up. They want to demonize white people. It is now not ok among the left to be born with white skin.
A few years ago I had an opportunity to take my now departed mom to see a concert by a 60’s British pop duo. The concert was part of a series of shows produced by a friend.
The show began as the two came out on stage and chose to have an “inspirational” moment with the audience - by telling us what a bunch of provincial rubes we Americans were. They had obviously rehearsed this as their style was smooth and smarmy enough that many in the audience didn’t realize the offense.
Then they launched into politics. It was 2012 and our national election was looming. I live in a predominantly center-right town and when these two klowns started promoting Ødumbo and disparaging Romney the words were out of my mouth before I even realized what I said...
“Shut up and sing!”
The reaction was mixed - some audience members glared, some applauded. Many urged the duo to get on with it. One of the two took great umbrage at my taunt and acted like he was too offended to possibly continue. My promoter buddy walked out on stage and quietly reminded them that if they didn’t play they wouldn’t get paid and their hotel room would be cancelled.
They played, all while nursing their butthurt.
Later I apologized to my mom for embarrassing her. She scoffed at that, saying that she wished it had been her scolding them.
He went with a woman that is not his wife.
Probably they can be returned. If not there is always StubHub.
Yeah,,his wife wasn’t there. He was entering with another woman. Could have been a supporter whose husband gave up his ticket, etc..
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