Vice President JD Vance didn’t receive a warm welcome as he visited a local ski resort in Vermont on Saturday.
Hundreds of Vermont protesters gathered to protest Vance and his family’s arrival at the Sugarbush Resort in Warren.
The protesters held signs reading “Traitor,” “Stand With Ukraine” and “Nazi scum.”
Many of the protesters were enraged with Vance’s recent remarks in his meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Take a look:
Pro-Ukraine protesters, armed with Ukraine flags and transgender pride flags, gathered in Vermont where JD Vance and his family were vacationing. It’s always the same people. pic.twitter.com/pjrWekzah2
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 1, 2025
Leftists in my home state of Vermont protested JD Vance today as his family visited Sugarbush ski resort, my old stomping grounds. Signs included “Immigrants Build Our Country” and “Glory to Ukraine.”
Plenty of Ukraine flags and not an American flag in sight. pic.twitter.com/9YQqHaEyUd
— Douglass Mackey (@DougMackeyCase) March 2, 2025
Check out what Fox News reported:
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Vermont Saturday to protest Vice President JD Vance’s visit to a local ski resort, less than 24 hours after his explosive exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Vance, who brought his family to Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont, was greeted by a half-mile gauntlet of protesters holding pro-Ukraine signs Saturday. There appeared to be hundreds in the crowd.
The protesters carried signs calling Vance “Nazi scum,” accusing him of being a “traitor” and telling him to “go ski in Russia.”
Other signs said “Trump serves Putin,” “Theocracy is not freedom” and “Stand with Ukraine.”
JD Vance was harassed and called “Putin’s puppet” while skiing in Vermont. This is absolutely disgusting and disgraceful. pic.twitter.com/C0UmKPKNnF
— Wojciech Pawelczyk (@WojPawelczyk) March 2, 2025
Per USA Today:
Skiers at Sugarbush Resort in Vermont on Saturday morning experienced sub-freezing temperatures and snow flurries.
But receiving the chilliest reception, by far, was Vice President JD Vance, who was met by protesters who shouted names and obscenities as the Vance motorcade rolled past. One sign read, “Vance is a traitor. Go ski in Russia.”
Fanning the opposition to Vance’s visit to the Mad River Valley, a day after Vance and President Donald Trump appeared to side with Russia over Ukraine in an Oval Office meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, was Sugerbush snow reporter Lucy Welch.
According to Kottke.org, Welch emailed daily-report subscribers with a morning message criticizing the Trump administration for slashing Forest Service jobs and pointing out that Sugarbush is on National Forest land and threatened by climate change.
“Right now, National Forest lands and National Parks are under direct attack by the current Administration, who is swiftly terminating the positions of dedicated employees who devote their lives to protecting the land we love, and to protecting us while we are enjoying that land,” Welch wrote.
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