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You wouldn’t expect the Kennedy Center to exactly love J.D. Vance. But that doesn’t make the audience’s reaction to him showing up there on Thursday any less extraordinary.
Vance went to the Kennedy Center with his wife Usha, to watch a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra, perhaps expecting a genteel evening at one of Washington’s most high-brow venues. Instead, the audience acted like a mob, booing him as he took his seat in a box.
Boos for JD Vance as he enters tonight’s concert at the Kennedy Center pic.twitter.com/IWTsJUWjCR
— Andrew Roth (@Andrew__Roth) March 13, 2025
The crowd’s performance is perhaps explained by the President’s recent, er, changes to how the Kennedy Center runs. Last month, Trump purged the board of the Center, uninstalling Joe Biden’s nominees and installing himself as chairman (“we took over the Kennedy Center,” he said. “We’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”). Vance is one of the members of the new board, but his audience didn’t sound thankful.
It’s quite a contrast with the public reaction to Trump at the Super Bowl last month. The president received loud cheers while Taylor Swift got booed.
But it’s hard to think of a stunt better designed to boost J.D. Vance’s appeal with regular Americans. Washington’s ruling class booed a hillbilly for daring to invade their space. It’s as if the Democratic elite are willing on their own demise.
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