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BumRushDaShow

(156,458 posts)
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:35 AM Sunday

Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance's family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides

Source: The Independent

Sunday 13 July 2025 02:23 EDT


After news that Vice President JD Vance had a family visit planned to Disneyland, hundreds of people turned out to protest his trip to the Happiest Place on Earth while Trump administration’s immigration policies result in ICE raids across Los Angeles.

“No family vacation while we deal with family separation,” read one protester sign, adorned with Vance’s face.

Protesters gathered outside the nearby Grand Californian Hotel where the Vice President and his family were staying, waving flags and chanting. “I would tell [Vance] to go home,” one protester told Fox 11. “Get the hell out of here. We don't want him here."

But the following day Vance, his wife, Usha, and their two kids were spotted strolling through the California park’s Bayou Country section. Other park goers complained that regular guests were experiencing delays and long lines because of the additional security and rides being shut down for the Vance family.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-disneyland-protest-b2787969.html



Full headline: Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance’s family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides for his visit
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Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance's family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
Post removed Post removed Sunday #1
I do not understand your post. Ferrets are Cool Sunday #3
I've notices a few post from new members that are somewhat suspect............ Lovie777 Sunday #5
They seem to be using a new technique -"Trolling Light" mdbl Sunday #11
flyng under the radar Skittles Sunday #67
4 post hidden in 90 days. I've had 2 since 2004. Hummm Lochloosa Sunday #15
now frr. mopinko Sunday #22
That statistic is not always a valid indicator of a MAGA disruptor Fiendish Thingy Sunday #27
or BS Skittles Sunday #68
What are you talking about? Protesting JD? sinkingfeeling Sunday #6
Post removed Post removed Sunday #13
So, what you are saying is sit back on our asses and ignore the pain he is causing Lochloosa Sunday #17
Yep MayReasonRule Sunday #38
Policies and actions have happy feet Sunday #18
Yep MayReasonRule Sunday #37
I disagree. Americanme Sunday #19
Yep MayReasonRule Sunday #39
nice try. get back to us when you have look at aligator auchwitz. nt Javaman Sunday #21
What did . . . AverageOldGuy Sunday #23
Well Said And Dead On Point - Look At Tolerance As A Social Contract MayReasonRule Sunday #40
Ah... that's interesting (as social contract) TY electric_blue68 Sunday #55
No, his kids do not deserve this. Susan Calvin Sunday #24
You're correct...in NORMAL times...these times are not normal... MiHale Sunday #25
Fascists deserve no peaceful public life Fiendish Thingy Sunday #28
I Wholly Agree! MayReasonRule Sunday #41
Excellent explanation! Nt Fiendish Thingy Sunday #53
Question is how far will we go? The Grand Illuminist Monday #69
I'm suggesting just what I said: Fiendish Thingy Monday #70
His kids better get used to people protesting his presence Ritabert Sunday #29
His kids are getting more consideration... S/V Loner Sunday #32
JD chose California cate94 Sunday #35
Yep MayReasonRule Sunday #42
JD should have taken the family to Six Flags over Jesus in Texas. sop Sunday #48
Yeah, it is like JD is trolling LA with his family vacation. Fuck him. Captain Zero Yesterday #72
The Answer To The Paradox Of Intolerance Applies In This Situation And Many, Many More MayReasonRule Sunday #36
I care more about the children losing parents to ICE wryter2000 Sunday #46
The problem is that Vance is a monster, owned by Peter Thiel and other billionaires, and PatrickforB Sunday #47
please, proceed governor...nt Javaman Sunday #20
Vance family vacation in California??? tanyev Sunday #2
To taunt Californians......................... Lovie777 Sunday #4
Yes, why California? llmart Sunday #7
His wife is from California Prairie Gates Sunday #30
Either park should be "too woke" for christofascist racists! BumRushDaShow Sunday #9
His wife was born in San Diego and I assume she still has family there Wiz Imp Sunday #34
Why don't they vacation in Ohio? llmart Sunday #60
Would you want to vacation in Ohio? Wiz Imp Sunday #61
Ha! I think the kids would love Cedar Point. llmart Sunday #64
Living in Ohio, I'd bet they've been to Cedar Point, probably multiple times. Wiz Imp Sunday #65
Maybe not. llmart Sunday #66
The Vance family should only vacation at Turning Point USA William Seger Sunday #52
Maybe he will fall out of the roller coaster. twodogsbarking Sunday #8
Disney allowed the protest on private property? Fiendish Thingy Sunday #10
Here's a local news report BumRushDaShow Sunday #16
The video does not show protestors anywhere near the Grand Californian hotel Fiendish Thingy Sunday #26
Proper entrance to GC is on Disneyland Drive. Could protest there. miyazaki Sunday #31
I believe Disney Drive is no longer public property Fiendish Thingy Sunday #33
Ya I thought it may be private now but with all the legal wrangling... miyazaki Sunday #45
I think it's a little less than $1000/night, but not much. Fiendish Thingy Sunday #54
When I was last in L.A. almost 40 years ago for a training course BumRushDaShow Sunday #43
Bravo!!! mountain grammy Sunday #49
it's a small world after all nt et tu Sunday #12
Buuuut...Disney is WOKE! sheshe2 Sunday #14
The protestors were outside of park. Gimpyknee Sunday #44
Cool doubts. Torchlight Monday #71
Just a reminder - Chelsea was harassed and harassed by all Wingnuts including the Fox News Smear Machine. Exp Sunday #50
Make Fascists Pariahs Again. Dave Bowman Sunday #51
Trump sure chose a real prick as his VP!! riversedge Sunday #56
Closing rides for the Vance family will piss off some Disney fans LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #57
So...Disney chose to cater to the fascist not fooled Sunday #58
Too bad the kids have a sadist for a parent. PSPS Sunday #59
This is a stunt by JD.......... Takket Sunday #62
Mahlo to the Protesters! At least they were Cha Sunday #63

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

mdbl

(6,907 posts)
11. They seem to be using a new technique -"Trolling Light"
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:00 AM
Sunday

Not as heavy as regular trolling but just as stomach irritating.

Skittles

(165,954 posts)
67. flyng under the radar
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:31 PM
Sunday

alas, what they are preaching, or denying, is so increasingly ridiculous it gives them away very quickly

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
27. That statistic is not always a valid indicator of a MAGA disruptor
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:12 AM
Sunday

I mean, it could be (especially considering the user name), but…get on the wrong side of the Joe Manchin Fan Club and you’ll see what I mean.

Response to sinkingfeeling (Reply #6)

Lochloosa

(16,573 posts)
17. So, what you are saying is sit back on our asses and ignore the pain he is causing
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:29 AM
Sunday

kids by snatching their parents away from them?

Yeah, his kids deserve an uninterrupted day at the park. Fuck that.

happy feet

(1,216 posts)
18. Policies and actions have
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:31 AM
Sunday

Consequences. He delights in the misery of the families torn apart by deportation., including the children.

Karma

Americanme

(249 posts)
19. I disagree.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:33 AM
Sunday

This is why they have family discussions before running for office. Because they know life will be different. You want a normal life, get a normal job. You want a private life, don't run for public office. He could have sent his wife and "her kids" to the park without him, nobody would have a problem with that.

AverageOldGuy

(2,732 posts)
23. What did . . .
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:52 AM
Sunday

. . . The families and children of people snatched off the street do to deserve their treatment?

Maybe if he got a small taste of what others are going through . . . But I doubt that will affect him because he is evil to the core.

Susan Calvin

(2,317 posts)
24. No, his kids do not deserve this.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:54 AM
Sunday

However, he does, and he unfortunately chose to bring his kids along for the ride. I would say the same about Hitler's kids, if he had any.

MiHale

(11,913 posts)
25. You're correct...in NORMAL times...these times are not normal...
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:02 AM
Sunday

His children did nothing…neither did a lot of the kids he’s deporting…if not the kids then the kids parents, leaving them with a broken family.
They didn’t deserve that action either.

These times are not normal.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
28. Fascists deserve no peaceful public life
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:15 AM
Sunday

No service in restaurants, civility etc.

This isn’t a simple political disagreement of some mundane policy, it’s about the destruction of democracy and human rights.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
70. I'm suggesting just what I said:
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:01 AM
Monday

No peaceful public lives for fascists- no service in restaurants, jeering in public spaces, sports events, shopping malls, etc.

The only peace fascists should find is within their homes, and even then, protestors should occupy the public sidewalks outside.

Ritabert

(1,331 posts)
29. His kids better get used to people protesting his presence
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:30 AM
Sunday

They're snatching people off the street for crying out loud.

S/V Loner

(9,390 posts)
32. His kids are getting more consideration...
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:40 AM
Sunday

than the kids whose parents are being dragged away and sent off to god knows where. He doesn’t care and his boss Peter Thiel would not care if they died. If he cares about his family and the public backlash to his agenda then it is easy. Just be a decent human being. All he has to say is this treatment of immigrants needs to stop…Now!
Fuck him! This country would be a much better place if people like him, and related to him, would be uncomfortable to show their face in public rather than striving to be in the publics face. There is a difference.
The truth is that these stunts are really all about him and his family are just props.

cate94

(2,984 posts)
35. JD chose California
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:48 AM
Sunday

He picked the park in California very near to LA. Why would he do that if he didn’t want to get a rise out of the people who live there? It was a purposeful choice. I can only assume he wanted that reaction. Ask yourself why.

Captain Zero

(8,114 posts)
72. Yeah, it is like JD is trolling LA with his family vacation. Fuck him.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:58 AM
Yesterday

Call him a scumbag! every time you see him in public.

MayReasonRule

(3,543 posts)
36. The Answer To The Paradox Of Intolerance Applies In This Situation And Many, Many More
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:57 AM
Sunday


Those that would deprive others of life and liberty deserve neither life nor liberty.

This is literally that.

Don't be schtupid be a schmarty never join the Nat-C party!

Stay true, vote blue!

wryter2000

(47,911 posts)
46. I care more about the children losing parents to ICE
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:17 PM
Sunday

Ore being taken themselves. Vance should know what sort of greeting he’s going to get in LA.

PatrickforB

(15,245 posts)
47. The problem is that Vance is a monster, owned by Peter Thiel and other billionaires, and
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:20 PM
Sunday

that we have lost our republic to a fascist government - and yes, I do know the definition of fascism. Oligarchs are robbing the treasury, corporations are being deregulated right and left, and the Bannon/Miller Nazi faction of the party are busy creating a secret police complete with camps so people can be brought to heel through fear.

Just like Hitler back in the 30s.

The feelings of Vance's kids and wife kind of have to take a back seat to that giant Nazi elephant in America's living room.

tanyev

(47,106 posts)
2. Vance family vacation in California???
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:39 AM
Sunday

Why on earth wouldn’t they self-righteously choose Disneyworld in Florida?

Lovie777

(19,319 posts)
4. To taunt Californians.........................
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:45 AM
Sunday

he is just and not more cruel than shithole (if that's possible).

I'm pretty sure there were more than "hundreds" there, a sizable amount, and the park closing the rides the next day?

I'm am proud of what the opposition is doing against this evil regime.

llmart

(16,620 posts)
7. Yes, why California?
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:52 AM
Sunday

They hate California so much and everything it stands for and yet decide to vacation there?

I'm glad protesters are dogging him wherever he goes. He's such a fraud and hypocrite.

Prairie Gates

(5,645 posts)
30. His wife is from California
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:31 AM
Sunday

Her parents live in San Diego.

Her mother was the provost of UCSD.

His kids grandparents live in California. It's amazing that he spends so much time attacking his wife's home state.

Wiz Imp

(5,968 posts)
34. His wife was born in San Diego and I assume she still has family there
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:46 AM
Sunday

Disneyland is only about 90 minutes from San Diego. I'm guessing that is why they went there.

llmart

(16,620 posts)
60. Why don't they vacation in Ohio?
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 04:20 PM
Sunday

They could take the family to Cedar Point. I guess that would be too "hillbillyish" for him now that he's reached the big time.

Wiz Imp

(5,968 posts)
61. Would you want to vacation in Ohio?
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 04:36 PM
Sunday

Seriously, I assume his kids have lived in Ohio most if not all of their lives. They're pretty young so I don't think they'd view going back to Ohio as a great vacation. I'm sure the kids would be much more excited to visit Disneyland.

llmart

(16,620 posts)
64. Ha! I think the kids would love Cedar Point.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 08:35 PM
Sunday

Mine did. I was born and raised in Cleveland and both my parents were born and raised in Cleveland. My two children were born there too though they weren't raised there due to a job transfer. My siblings still live there.

People from NE Ohio always considered southern Ohio to be where the rednecks lived, not counting the areas around OSU and OU.

llmart

(16,620 posts)
66. Maybe not.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:12 PM
Sunday

I really don't know or care where they lived in Ohio, but I did read Vance's book when it first came out. I don't remember all the details but I think he was one of those hillbillies (his term) whose family came from W. Va. and moved to southern Ohio. Cedar Point is about as far as you can get from southern Ohio. From Cleveland it's only about an hour and a half give or take, depending on where you live. So it was a day trip for us.

William Seger

(11,724 posts)
52. The Vance family should only vacation at Turning Point USA
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:39 PM
Sunday

Anywhere else, they're likely to encounter normal people.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
10. Disney allowed the protest on private property?
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:55 AM
Sunday

Any place someone could gather outside near the Grand Californian hotel is on private property…

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
26. The video does not show protestors anywhere near the Grand Californian hotel
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:08 AM
Sunday

It shows them on the public sidewalk on Harbor blvd., outside the Disney resort property.

That’s a very visible location, as all guests staying at the many hotels on Harbor would see them.

The report says the protestors intended to March to the Grand Californian, but to do that, they would have to enter Disney property, go through at least one security checkpoint, and then make their way to the GC. If they did, and exhibited signs or chanted, they would immediately be escorted off the property- Disney does not mess around with people disrupting the park experience- I’ve witnessed twice Trump supporters (likely drunk, since the parks now serve alcohol )being escorted off the property wearing MAGA swag and screaming pro-Trump nonsense.

My guess is the protestors didn’t go to the GC.

miyazaki

(2,466 posts)
31. Proper entrance to GC is on Disneyland Drive. Could protest there.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:34 AM
Sunday

-not sure if they did though.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
33. I believe Disney Drive is no longer public property
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 11:45 AM
Sunday

The city council voted to allow Disney to take over ownership and maintenance of that and a couple of other roads just a few months ago as part of their approval for expansion of the resort.

Disney Drive is almost entirely surrounded by Disney property. (Once you cross Harbor, it is definitely completely surrounded by Disney properties.

miyazaki

(2,466 posts)
45. Ya I thought it may be private now but with all the legal wrangling...
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:15 PM
Sunday

Wonder what the average price is now at Grand Californian, $1000 a pop?

Fiendish Thingy

(19,980 posts)
54. I think it's a little less than $1000/night, but not much.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:48 PM
Sunday

Considering the Best Westerns right across the street run $350-400/night.

BumRushDaShow

(156,458 posts)
43. When I was last in L.A. almost 40 years ago for a training course
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:13 PM
Sunday

it was during the week when Pope John Paul II was there so that day of the session (I think a Wednesday) was cancelled because the federal offices were also closed, along with many streets. I was trying to decide whether to go down to Anaheim to see Disneyland or go to one of the studios - either Paramount or Universal. I ended up going to Universal. Had no idea what that area looked like at this point outside of the videos and it looks to be more "urbanized". About 50 years ago, a few years after they opened, I did go to (swampy) Disney World and even with all the recent expansions there since then, that park in metro Orlando, seemed to be easier for LEO to "secure" as "private property".

Exp

(439 posts)
50. Just a reminder - Chelsea was harassed and harassed by all Wingnuts including the Fox News Smear Machine.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:34 PM
Sunday

So yeah, Lil JD can take it up the you know where.

LetMyPeopleVote

(166,210 posts)
57. Closing rides for the Vance family will piss off some Disney fans
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 02:02 PM
Sunday

My older two children are headed to California in August to hit the Disney parks. I am glad that they are not going be there with the Vance assholes

not fooled

(6,379 posts)
58. So...Disney chose to cater to the fascist
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 02:05 PM
Sunday

the next day by closing some rides to the public so that he could be spared any inconvenience? Is that accurate? If so, ABC/Disney caving once again.

Takket

(23,079 posts)
62. This is a stunt by JD..........
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 06:19 PM
Sunday

He knows exactly what he is doing. There is symbolism here, in Vance, going to an iconic symbol of Americana, right in the heart of the city that he is currently waging war again. It is a fuck you to all the families he is destroying right now. Look at me and my kids enjoying the happiest place on earth, while you are packed into a concentration camp, then shipped out of the country for the heinous crime of picking my food and scrubbing my toilet.

Cha

(312,968 posts)
63. Mahlo to the Protesters! At least they were
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 06:56 PM
Sunday

nearby to let it be known that we're Not Okay with Nazi ***** Vance.

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