JD Vance's Summer Vacation Is About to Be Hit With Major Protests
Vance and his family have a trip scheduled for the Cotswolds, a countryside region in Southwest England often frequented by the rich and famous (Ellen DeGeneres currently resides there). They're expected to be met with a wide variety of demonstrators—anti-Trump, pro-Palestinian, trade union members, and environmentalists.
'JD Vance is every bit as unwelcome in the UK as Donald Trump,' a representative from the UK based Stop Trump Coalition told The Telegraph. 'We remember how Vance cut short his ski trip in Vermont because he was so enraged by the sight of a few protesters. We are sure that, even in the Cotswolds, he will find the resistance waiting.' The group also plans to protest President Trump's upcoming visit to Scotland, which begins on Friday.
Vance will also be in London in mid-August, then head to Cotswolds, and later to Scotland. The vice president has been met with vitriol on his vacations thus far, speaking to the mostly negative feelings that much of the public has for the current administration, both home and abroad. He and his family were booed ruthlessly while they were at Disneyland earlier this month.
'Hope you enjoy your family time, @JDVance,' California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X. 'The families you're tearing apart certainly won't.'
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