{"id":1640,"date":"2025-03-03T04:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2025-03-03T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:18:09","slug":"protesters-crash-j-d-vances-vermont-ski-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Protesters Crash J.D. Vance\u2019s Vermont Ski Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vance\u2019s vacation follows a disastrous meeting in which President\u00a0Trump\u00a0and Vance\u00a0ambushed\u00a0Ukrainian President Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12-1024x773.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12-326x245.png 326w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-12.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with\u00a0a donation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a thousand Vermonters lined both sides of Route 100 in Waitsfield, Vermont, Saturday morning protesting Vice President JD Vance, who was visiting nearby Sugarbush Resort this weekend with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vance\u2019s ski vacation comes right after Friday\u2019s disastrous meeting where US President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0and Vance\u00a0ambushed\u00a0Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters shouted obscenities and waved signs as the Vance motorcade rolled past. \u201cVance is a traitor. Go Ski in Russia,\u201d one sign read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hundreds of protesters gathered in Waitsfield on Saturday morning to protest Vice President JD Vance, who is visiting Vermont with his family for a ski trip this weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gICcSJBU2a\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gICcSJBU2a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vermont Public (@vermontpublic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vermontpublic\/status\/1895876202197385571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-14.png 497w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-14-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-15.png 510w, https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-15-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A large group of protesters gathered in Vermont, disrupting JD Vance&#39;s intended ski vacation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RA4TpbSjZU\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RA4TpbSjZU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ahmed Charkaoui (@AhmedFbk90) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AhmedFbk90\/status\/1895946720133144606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WE\u2019RE RESISTING TRUMP\u2019S AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Trump administration moves a mile-a-minute to implement right-wing policies and sow confusion, reliable news is an absolute must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Truthout<\/em>&nbsp;is working diligently to combat the fear and chaos that pervades the political moment. We\u2019re requesting your support at this moment because we need it \u2013 your monthly gift allows us to publish uncensored, nonprofit news that speaks with clarity and truth in a moment when confusion and misinformation are rampant. As well, we\u2019re looking with hope at the material action community activists are taking. We\u2019re uplifting mutual aid projects, the life-sustaining work of immigrant and labor organizers, and other shows of solidarity that resist the authoritarian pressure of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As we work to dispel the atmosphere of political despair, we ask that you contribute to our journalism.<\/strong>&nbsp;Over 80 percent of&nbsp;<em>Truthout<\/em>\u2019s funding comes from small individual donations from our community of readers, and over a third of our total budget is supported by recurring monthly donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help by giving today. Whether you can make a small monthly donation or a larger gift,&nbsp;<em>Truthout<\/em>&nbsp;only works with your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We need your help to become less dependent on traffic from Facebook and X. Follow us on\u00a0<\/em>Bluesky<em>\u00a0today!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vance\u2019s vacation follows a disastrous meeting in which President\u00a0Trump\u00a0and Vance\u00a0ambushed\u00a0Ukrainian President Zelensky. Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=1640\" title=\"Protesters Crash J.D. 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