BY: Denver Sean
Published 8 years ago
Last night, VP-elect Mike Pence attended a showing of the super-successful Hamilton show on Broadway. He got booed by the audience.
At the end of the show, Victor Dixon (who plays Aaron Burr in the musical) delivered a message to Mike Pence on behalf of the cast urging Pence (and the Trump administration) to protect our diverse country and the people in it.
Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following statement on behalf of the show. pic.twitter.com/Jsg9Q1pMZs
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) November 19, 2016
This morning, president-elect Donald Trump responded to the speech and claimed the cast “harassed” Mike Pence.
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016
Soon after, #BoycottHamilton began trending on Twitter.
Yes, people really want to boycott a musical focused on American history that aims to spread a message of love and hope that’s currently sold out until 2018.
One quick click of the #BoycottHamilton hashtag on Twitter and you can see that the majority of those up in arms don’t even have tickets to the show to begin with — and probably never will.
For all those wanting to #BoycottHamilton: Please forward your tickets to me. I need a brief escape from the country I'm living in.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) November 19, 2016
how you gonna #BoycottHamilton when you can't afford tickets in the first place? ?
— Franchesca Ramsey (@chescaleigh) November 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/tjhanlon97/status/800001575498330112
I don't see how you can #BoycottHamilton from outside the theater? You can't even get in!
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 19, 2016
Anyone who now wants to #BoycottHamilton who has tickets for a future performance + wants to sell them, slide into my DMs. I will buy them.
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) November 19, 2016
If anyone has Hamilton tickets they’d wish to get rid of, let us know! We’ll gladly take them!
