



After a long week of helping President-elect Donald Trump determine who wouldn’t be fired from his final list of White House staff and cabinet picks (and taking great selfies), Mike Pence decided to relax with a performance of the Broadway musical Hamilton. Or at least that’s according to Sirius XM NBA Radio weekend host Noah Coslov, who live-tweeted the Governor of Indiana’s arrival at the historic Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York.

All the fanfare began just before 8 p.m. local time, When Coslov noticed a whole lot of U.S. Secret Service officials accompanying a “big motorcade” outside the theatre. He “couldn’t see who walked in” at first, and pondered whether or not Trump himself was gracing the Rodgers with his presidential presence.

The scene outside Hamilton just now -secret service, big motorcade…couldn't see who walked in. Trump? pic.twitter.com/1mMO6W0PTx — Noah Coslov (@NoahCoslov) November 19, 2016

Coslov subsequently determined it was Pence, and not Trump, who was there for the Friday night showing of Hamilton. Such begs the question, “Do I have to win a major national election to finally get my hands on some Hamilton tickets?” Whether or not this is true remains to be seen, but according to what Coslov tweeted next, it became clear that Pence’s surprise appearance at the theatre wasn’t entirely welcomed by everyone else who was there to eat up Lin-Manuel Miranda’s fantastic musical.



Unreal scene here – Mike Pence walks in and there's a massive mix of cheers and boos. pic.twitter.com/GVZ5L67mA3 — Noah Coslov (@NoahCoslov) November 19, 2016

Here's Pence getting booed as he gets to his seats at Hamilton pic.twitter.com/IRQG68x1sB — David K (@dkipke12) November 19, 2016

Naturally, the fact that Pence was being booed by a sizable chunk of the Hamilton crowd brought out the Internet’s best and brightest trolls for a game of “What else can we do to that guy we’ve been donating to Planned Parenthood for?”

So…is Mike Pence at #Hamilton right now to take notes? Get the abridged version? Does he not know what this musical is about? pic.twitter.com/Juk2gWXBVi — Samantha Barnes (@samrdbarnes) November 19, 2016

With Mike Pence here at Hamilton tonight, is this part of the government transition? Learning about government? — Noah Coslov (@NoahCoslov) November 19, 2016

Pence getting booed at Hamilton bums me out. Whatever you think of him. He’s trying to engage. Could get ideas from far worse places. https://t.co/gn7j25Nuy7 — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 19, 2016

Pence is watching Hamilton and was booed. He must be so confused with the casting :) — steph (@apologies2urfam) November 19, 2016

If the Hamilton cast had changed it up and put on an emergency performance of Rent, that would have been the best thing for Mike Pence. — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) November 19, 2016

I'd pay more to see Mike Pence getting booed in the crowd at Hamilton than I would to actually see Hamilton. https://t.co/imOHUlaVIU — Latara Appleby (@LataraAppleby) November 19, 2016

Reminder that the current star of Hamilton is the incomparable Javier Muñoz, an openly gay, openly HIV-positive actor. Pay attention, Pence. — Marc Snetiker (@MarcSnetiker) November 19, 2016

I'm glad twitter exists if only to hear Mike Pence is getting booed at Hamilton. — Kendall Goode (@kendallgoode) November 19, 2016

mike pence saw hamilton tonight, he doesn't deserve tickets, he doesn't deserve to hear the music, he doesn't deserve anything that good — Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) November 19, 2016

mike pence saw hamilton, a show who's lead man is gay, who has lgbt cast members, which is a cast of mainly poc,,,what the fuck — festive isha ?️‍? (@pastaupherpussy) November 19, 2016

Big moment evidently was King George number "What Comes Next?" "When your people say they hate you–" Stopped. Looked at Pence. Standing O. — Jody Rosen (@jodyrosen) November 19, 2016

I'm at #Hamilton and so is Mike Pence. Crowd booed him like crazy, and gave a standing O at the line "immigrants we get the job done" 1/2 — Christy Colburn (@christymoose) November 19, 2016

2/2 Crowd went NUTS at King George's lines "when people say they hate you" & "do you know how hard it is to lead?" He had to stop the song. — Christy Colburn (@christymoose) November 19, 2016

During "You'll Be Back (Reprise)" they had to keep pausing the song while people jeered Pence on every line. https://t.co/ZSIG7qnfiM — Shannon (@TheStagmania) November 19, 2016

(Via Noah Coslov on Twitter)