Vice President JD Vance's English countryside getaway descended into mockery overload as protesters gathered to demand the Trump administration official "go home" from his luxury vacation spot.
The "Dance Against Vance" demonstration, organized by the Stop Trump Coalition, targeted the Vance family's stay at an 18th-century manor house in the tiny Cotswolds Hamlet of Dean, Oxfordshire. His 20-vehicle convoy and Secret Service detail have forced road closures and ID checks that have "hobbled day-to-day life" for locals.
"He's simply not welcome here," declared Sue Moon, a therapist from nearby Chipping Norton, told The Guardian. "We don't want anything to do with people like him."
The protest featured the viral meme depicting Vance as a bloated baby—the same image that got a Norwegian tourist kicked out of the U.S. earlier this year. Demonstrators brought cake decorated with the mocking image, while the group Everyone Hates Elon raised over $6,000 for a van displaying the meme to drive around the Cotswolds.
Many attendees expressed outrage over Vance's February confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Natasha Phillips, who traveled 70 miles to protest, carried a sign reading "JD Vance–the guy who bullied a war hero from the comfort of his couch," the Guardian reported.
"The way he treated Volodymyr Zelenskyy was disgusting," Phillips said. "The Ukrainian people are heroes."
Folk singer Dolly Mavies told the BBC she "packed up our stuff and left" when learning Vance would attend her scheduled performance, stating "morals are more important than money."
The vice president has faced similar protests during family vacations to Disneyland and Vermont ski resorts, where demonstrators previously urged him to "try Russia" instead.