RantCrush Top 5: November 21, 2016

On Friday night Mike Pence decided to go see the super successful musical “Hamilton” on Broadway, and ended up hearing a personalized, unscripted message. After the show ended, the cast lined up and addressed Pence as he began to walk out saying, “We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us.” They asked him to work on behalf of “all of us.”

Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following statement on behalf of the show. pic.twitter.com/Jsg9Q1pMZs

— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) November 19, 2016

On Saturday morning, Donald Trump sent out some angry tweets, saying that Pence was harassed and that the theater must be a “safe place.”

Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This should not happen!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016

The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016

The extraordinary hypocrisy in Trump’s statement had people on social media attacking Trump and Pence and the actor who read the statement, Brandon Victor Dixon, replied that “conversation is not harassment.” As of Monday, Trump supporters were calling for a boycott of “Hamilton,” and liberals tweeted under the hashtag #NameAPenceMusical, creating some new Pence-inspired titles.

.@realDonaldTrump know what else is supposed to be safe?Playgrounds, schools, parks. yet no comment on swastikas, harassment, hate attacks?

— emily c. chang (@chihuac) November 19, 2016

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