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Summary
JD Vance was loudly booed at a National Symphony Orchestra concert in Washington, delaying the start by 25 minutes due to security checks.
The backlash follows Trump’s hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center, where he appointed Vance’s wife, Usha, to the board and removed trustees.
Resistance to the changes has grown, with artists canceling performances and protests over cuts to LGBTQ+ programming.
Vance, a vocal cultural conservative, has criticized “woke” influences in the arts, while Trump vowed to eliminate “anti-American propaganda” from the institution.
The whole “known for etiquette” thing is a pretty modern development. There was a time when classical concerts could devolve into all-out brawls because the audience thought the music had too many controversial chords in it.