I know I’m late to the story of JD Vance getting booed in Milan during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, but I’m under the weather, so cut me some slack. will ya?
Vance getting booed isn’t unusual. He’s the Veep to a wildly unpopular president. He’s also among the least likeable people in American public life, which is saying a lot given the Trump regime’s gruesome cast of characters. Vance is perhaps the biggest MAGA hypocrite of all: A Xenophobe married to an Asian Pacific woman. I guess Usha is one of the “good ones.”
Holy Trumper air quotes, Batman.
Here’s the sound of boos that erupted when Vance’s MAGA mug appeared on the Jumbotron:
JD Vance gets loudly booed at the Olympics:"There is the Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha. Oop—those are a lot of boos for him."
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T22:13:22.861796828Z
It’s good to see that happen in a country with a neo-Fascist prime minister who has accepted help from ICE for the Olympics. What are they doing? Arresting the Jamaican bobsled team? The ICE-HOLE malakatude, it burns.
NBC continued the pattern of American institutions cringing in the face of potential Trumpist threats:
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday, although American viewers watching NBC’s coverage would have been unaware of the reception.
As speed skater Erin Jackson led Team USA into the San Siro stadium she was greeted by cheers. But when the TV cameras cut to Vance and his wife, Usha, there were boos, jeers and a smattering of applause from the crowd. The reaction was shown on Canadian broadcaster CBC’s feed, with one commentator saying: “There is the vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha – oops, those are not … uh … those are a lot of boos for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause.”
Boo to NBC for being cowardly appeasers. Just wait until Trump opens the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It’s likely to sound more like Philadelphia than LA. Will NBC pull the same trick again? Stay tuned.
Boo to the New York Times for omitting any mention of NBC’s handling of the booing.
Boo to the Vances for being their phony selves. I’ll take Usher over Usha any day.
Yeah, I know that’s a different kind of boo, but when could I ever resist word play?
Bad things happen to fascists in Milan. It could have been worse for JD: It was where Benito Mussolini met his maker in a spectacular fashion. The Duce, too, was booed in Milan, make that fischiato a Milano.
Ready for more word play?
Repeat after me: All you fascists are bound to get booed.
The last word goes to Billy Bragg & Wilco: