On Friday night, the newly elected President Donald Trump stirred some noise on social media, causing controversial reactions once again. Vice-President elect Mike Pence was addressed directly by actors at Broadway's play "Hamilton" on the current social issues in the country after the performance. Reena Flores of CBS news effectively captures the American reactions to the disputed statements delivered by the performers at the Broadway show by weighing both sides of the argument and revealing the reasoning made by the opposing sides.
After the show, Donald Trump tweeted out his bitter opinion on the Hamilton performers' course of action. On Saturday morning, Trump stated that Pence was "harassed" by posting "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!" On Sunday morning, Trump extended upon his frustration by stating, "The cast and producers of Hamilton, which I hear is highly overrated, should immediately apologize to Mike Pence for their terrible behavior". Trump's tweets received more than 100,000 likes and almost 50,000 retweets from Americans which has caused mixed reactions from the public. In Trump and his supporter's view, the performers were uncivilized for "calling-out" Pence single-handedly and were a disgrace to Americans, especially Trump-supporters.
On the contrary, many citizens, especially politicians, voiced their opposing opinions via Twitter as well. Washington Post's Ruth Marcus argued, "Harassed? Watch the video. It was heartfelt and respectful, told audience not to boo. First Amendment at its finest- please read it!" Many people were on the same page as Marcus as they believed that the performers were only practicing their rights of freedom of speech. Throughout the election race, anti-Trump supporters feared the candidate would take away rights of certain individuals, such as their right to publicly address their opinion. Many Americans are now infuriated by Trump's controversial statement of "harassing" Pence and Flores reveals that the country is once again divided politically in specific social issues.
By integrating the views of both Trump and anti-Trump supporters, Reena Flores clearly reveals the disagreements that are present amongst Americans in her article, "Donald Trump demands apology from "very rude" "Hamilton" cast".
link: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-demands-apology-very-rude-hamilton-cast-harassment-mike-pence/
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