Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, joined President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for a performance of “Les Misérables” at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday evening.
Many found it ironic, given that the musical is about an uprising against abusive authority figures.
But just before the show, Vance wanted to make it very clear he had no idea what it was about.
The vice president posted:
In a follow-up tweet, the vice president added: “That’s apparently a different thing called ‘Sweeney Todd.’”
Given that “Les Misérables” is one of the most enduring and widely performed modern musicals ― and that it’s based on what’s considered one of the most important novels of the 19th century ― not many people are buying Vance’s ignorance.
And they let him know on X:
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