Vice President-elect Mike Pence said he was not offended by a decision of the cast of the musical “Hamilton” to deliver him a message asking him to uphold American values.
Pence was greeted by boos from audience members when he attended “Hamilton” in New York City on Friday night. As Pence exited, a cast member delivered a spoken message to Pence directly. President-elect Trump has tweeted repeatedly about the incident this weekend, but Pence told “Fox News Sunday” he told his family the boos were “what freedom sounds like.”
“I did hear what was said from the stage and I could tell you, I wasn’t offended by what was said,” Pence said on Fox. “I’ll leave to others whether that was the appropriate venue to say it.”
He continued, “I just want to reassure people that what President-elect Donald Trump said on Election Night, he absolutely meant from the bottom of his heart: He is preparing to be the president of all of the people of the United States of America.”
Pence is on hand at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey this weekend as he and the next president meet with candidates to be a part of their White House leadership team.
