Bob Geldof: I led the booing of Mike Pence at Hamilton

Last month, the president-elect declared war on Hamilton — the broadway musical — after his vice-president elect Mike Pence was booed and jeered at during a performance. At the end of the show — which tells the story of Alexander Hamilton — the cast addressed Pence and warned that they were ‘the diverse Americans anxious you will not protect us’.

Since then Trump has taken to Twitter to declare that the theatre must be ‘a safe and special place’ and claimed the cast and audience were ‘very rude’ to a ‘very good man’. Given that he is now in the market for an apology, Mr S was intrigued to learn that another high profile figure had a role in the incident. Step forward Bob Geldof.

On the campaign trail for the Lib Dems yesterday — for the Richmond by-election — Geldof announced that he was actually behind the booing of Pence at the show. Geldof was in the audience and stood up and ‘vigorously led the booing’:

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