UPDATED - Trump Demands Apology After Hamilton Cast Duels With Pence

[DonViejo]

Last edited Sat Nov 19, 2016, 03:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Talking Points Memo

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that the cast of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" should apologize after they addressed Vice President-elect Mike Pence during his attendance at the show Friday night.

Trump called for the apology after a cast member gave a pointed statement about the concerns the cast had about Pence. Pence was met with boos and several cheers when he walked into the Richard Rodgers Theater.

Several theater-goers took videos of the chaotic scene as Pence walked into the theater. He waved a few times and then walked to his seat.

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Pence was reportedly booed throughout the show, especially when the subjects seemed to hit home.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pence-boo-hamilton-performance

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Update

Conservatives Echo Trump And Demand Hamilton Cast Apologize To Pence

Conservative pundits and politicians took to Twitter Saturday to defend Vice President-elect Mike Pence after the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton addressed him in a statement after a performance he attended Friday night.

While most notably, President-elect Donald Trump defended Pence on Twitter and demanded an apology from the cast, he was not the only one to publicly take Pence's side.

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Newt Gingrich ✔
@newtgingrich

The arrogance and hostility of the Hamilton cast to the Vice President elect ( a guest at the theater) is a reminder the left still fights.

9:36 AM - 19 Nov 2016
2,550 Retweets 6,537 likes

Michelle Malkin ✔
@michellemalkin

Hamilton cast & lib Broadway patrons displayed their tolerance for diversity by intolerantly booing Mike Pence out of theater.

Heckuva job! https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/799972624713420804 …

10:26 AM - 19 Nov 2016
802 Retweets 1,599 likes

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conservatives-hamilton-cast-apologize

[hrmjustin]

1. The poor little baby had a sad!

[sheshe2]

16. They have such thin skin.

Hi Justin...

[bench scientist]

56. I've taken to calling him Trumplethinskin.

[sheshe2]

57. That one works for me.

[rzemanfl]

2. Hillary got criticized for going to see Adele during the campaign.

You would think Republicans would be leery of theatres.

[marybourg]

12. Democrats get criticized.

Republicans get elected (this year, at least).

[rzemanfl]

14. She was criticized by the Donald. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

3. Apologees...

[Eugene]

4. Elected officials are not royalty, Donald.

Live with it.

[RKP5637]

54. K&R!!! n/t

[napi21]

5. I'm glad these actors used their opportunity to remind these 2 jackasses of their campaign

promise to be the President & VP of ALL the people! I HOPE others will do the same. Force these thin skinned asses to get with the program!

[Politicub]

6. Protest art gets under the skin of dictators

[KittyWampus]

7. Apologize for TRUMP UNIVERSITY!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

27. Yeah, he's likely to do that ... NOT!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The ONLY bad thing about winning the Presidency is that I did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on Trump U. Too bad!
8:39 AM - 19 Nov 2016

[secondwind]

8. they will apologize when YOU apologize for all your bigoted and hateful comments, Orange Man!

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Screw that! eom

[Plucketeer]

10. Too bad Trump didn't attend

Of course, the production would've gone Right over his head - time better spent sitting amongst his treasure trove.

[LuckyLib]

35. He doesn't have the attention span to sit through a

production where he can't talk.

[lunasun]

62. Please no . Spare other patrons. He would be tweeting through the whole play

[smirkymonkey]

64. Has he ever been to a play in his life?

The stupid boor's idea of culture is going to a sex party with underage girls who want to be models.

[Plucketeer]

66. Your assessment is correct

I just hope he's booed whenever he makes a public appearance. Let's see him spend his tenure as DOLTUS insisting on apologies.

Dunce in Chief->

[phallon]

11. Hey Trump, here is your apology

Sir, fuck you.

[JudyM]

43. Lol!

[HAB911]

13. I got your apology RIGHT HERE asshole

EAT ME BOZO

[mountain grammy]

15. Here's your apology

Fuck off!

[dhill926]

17. may I second your sentiment....

[mountain grammy]

19. You may..

My husband has admonished me about cleaning up my language...he got the same response. Just a bit hostile these days

[dhill926]

20. haha....I hear ya....

[lark]

18. How dare they tell the truth.

He and Mike Pence owe us an apology, which of course the lying, fraud and criminal rapist will never admit.

[Maeve]

21. The cast speech was quite respectful

Go tweet yourself, Donnie.

[Nitram]

22. Apologize for asking Pence to fight for ALL Americans? To be inclusive?

Some audience members booed, but the cast exercised their first amendment rights in a polite and dignified manner.

[Sunlei]

24. Trumps afraid to appear in public and take any live press questions.

[Sunlei]

23. hint #1. the republican is addicted to twitter in the tower.

Sunlei ‏@Sunlei_Houston · now
@realDonaldTrump Tell us all, will Pence leave his daughters alone with you?

[Retrograde]

25. Right after the GOP apologizes

for heckling Obama during a State of the Union address.

Two points:

-I wonder if Pence/Trump understand Hamilton's (the person's) political positions, mainly a strong Federal government.

-get used to it, guys: over half the country strongly dislikes you and your policies, and we are going to use our rights of free speech to let you know.

[Liberal In Red State]

39. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[JudyM]

45. That was grotesque, as is their refusal to allow him to appoint a Supreme Court justice.

[heaven05]

26. orange fuhrer

your immaturity is showing along with your temperment, you idiot POS. Fuck Pence and all he stands for.

[tenderfoot]

28. This is a distraction to steer attention away from the Trump University settlement

https://twitter.com/asabenn/status/800021161262321664

[relayerbob]

29. Get used to it, DT

[TeamPooka]

30. According to Donald Trump, Mike Pence getting booed at HAMILTON is the worst thing to ever happen to

a politician at a play.

[Vinca]

31. Well, they aren't that interested in "book learnin'" - what else could you expect?

[Brother Buzz]

32. DUzy worthy!

You bad!

[47of74]

33. Fuck the Orange Toxic Megacolon Crybaby

And his toady little fuckstick VP too.

[riversedge]

34. Does Daddy trumpy have to talk for his little sidekick??

[Blue Idaho]

36. I think Trump and Pence had better get used to it...

They haven't even started fucking up America and the boo birds are out in force. This is going to get worse and there is absolutely nothing the Fascist Donald Trump and his racist sidekick can do about it.

It's a pity his narcissistic personality will destroy him from the inside out... yup, a real pity.

[tavernier]

37. Or What?

A demand implies that there will be consequences.

[Politicub]

38. Aw - the alt right haz a sad

[YOHABLO]

40. I don't think it was appropriate to boo at Mike Pence. He has a right to go see a show.

We can hold our disdain for him for other times in other venues.

[BigDemVoter]

44. Normally, I would agree with you-- in normal times.

I SERIOUSLY would. I think that the situation we find ourselves in really calls for things we normally wouldn't do.

Pence is so far to the right and to have been part of such an extraordinarily UGLY campaign, he deserves NO courtesy.

[blaze]

47. In the video I saw

the actor who was addressing Pence asked the booing audience members to stop. And I thought he addressed Pence in a pretty respectful way.

Booing during the performance was disrespectful on a number of different levels.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

49. I think it's more an issue of the patrons who paid money

to see the show and left having attended a political event.

I really don't see how this helps our side. I just don't. There's a lot of things going on right now that can't possibly help us in the next election, but I guess this is the blowing-off-steam phase.

[handmade34]

59. huh

hamilton is a political event

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

61. No. It's a Broadway show

about Hamilton. The fact that it's historically correct doesn't mean that it's anything more than extremely expensive, brilliantly conceived entertainment.

Lin Manuel Miranda might be a genius for creating this musical that has people talking about the founding of our nation, but they are not buying tickets to attend a "political event."

No, I just don't think that this kind of behavior is helpful in the long run.

[BigDemVoter]

41. Huh?

tRump and his fascist side kick need to apologize to America.

[Astraea]

42. Aww...

eat shit and bark at the moon, orange turdblossom!

[cstanleytech]

46. How dare the cast ask Pence to work on behalf of all americans!!! The sheer gall it took for them

to ask that is staggering.

[hurple]

48. My Advice....

To the trump folks is to get used to it.

They won't be able to go anywhere or do anything without protests and 'shaming' of some form going on...

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

50. If "shaming" goes on for the next four years

I don't want to be around for the next election when we lose again.

[BigDemVoter]

51. Really? When is the Yam going to apologize?

[gwheezie]

52. Grifters gonna grift

Newt is just trying to get someone to donate tickets to him & Calista in protest for booing big mike.

[Thinkingabout]

53. Trump could spend tge next four years apologizing and still have a list with

No apology. Trump needs to get accustom to hearing booing, the next four years will not be easy on him or Pence. Trump for years claimed Obama was not born in the US, was not a citizen of the US. And this is just a starter. The GOP has not apologized to the Clintons for all of the RW talking points. Hell be, we are mot going to stop the booing of trump or pence.

[yallerdawg]

55. You know what?

Pence showing up for 'Hamilton' on Broadway in NYC would be like Obama showing up at a Klan rally in Alabama.

Would we really expect the KKK to throw out the welcome mat and be respectful? Of course not! And it would be silly of us to expect anything else!

Meanwhile, the Republicans remain top-down silly.

[smirkymonkey]

65. Exactly! What on earth was he thinking?

That he would be welcomed with cheers? What a fool!

[Nitram]

69. I agree, yallerdog.

Attending a musical celebrating the part slaves, Native Americans and other minorities played in the founding of this country is a slap in the face from this race-baiting homophobic bigot.

[Sunny05]

58. We all know ...

there is no need for them to apologize, but this puts it well ...
http://theintellectualist.co/

[MO_Dem]

60. So, NOW Trump believes in political correctness?

nt

[JudyM]

63. Oh yes, Newt, please lecture us about arrogance and hostility. You would know.

[kebob]

67. Keeping Us Safe from Broadway

[Initech]

68. Being liberal is not an insult, deplorables.

Being a Donald Trump supporter is.