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Vice President JD Vance's family was moved to an "undisclosed location" after being met with hundreds of pro-Ukraine protesters while they vacationed at a ski resort in Vermont on Saturday (March 1), the New York Post reports.
Vance and his family were met with backlash at Sugarbush Resort in Waitsfield during what was scheduled to be a four-day trip. Protesters held signs calling Vance a "national disgrace," a "traitor" and encouraging his family to "go ski in Russia" after his heated discussion with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday (February 28).
Counter-protesters were also present at the resort, which resulted in a shouting match. Vance and his family were reportedly forced to flee the resort, instead moving to an "undisclosed location," according to the New York Post. The protests were reportedly planned earlier in the week, but intensified after Vance and Trump publicly argued with Zelensky at the Oval Office and scrapped a mineral rights deal.
Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott urged protesters to take consideration for Vance and his family ahead of the resort visit.
“I hope Vermonters remember the Vice President is here on a family trip with his young children and, while we may not always agree, we should be respectful,” Scott said in a statement obtained by the New York Post Thursday (February 27). “Please join me in welcoming them to Vermont, and hoping they have an opportunity to experience what makes our state, and Vermonters, so special.”