Mad River Valley peaceful protests greet VP Vance for ski weekend
March 2, 2025 | By Lisa Scagliotti Vice President J.D. Vance and family’s visit to Vermont this weekend quickly became a lightning rod for dissent aimed at the Trump administration.
Protesters wave signs at passing traffic near the intersection of Vermont Routes 100 and 17 in Waitsfield on Saturday. Photo by Gordon Miller
Hundreds of people with homemade signs of protest lined Vermont Route 100 in Waitsfield on Saturday morning to protest the vice president’s weekend stay there to ski at Sugarbush.
Photo by Gordon Miller
Demonstrations remained raucous but peaceful including in Warren village and at the ski area where some continued carrying signs and waving flags.
The protests took on a heavy emphasis in support of Ukraine as it marks the third year of war with Russia. Demonstrators lashed out at Vice President Vance’s stinging criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a stormy Friday visit in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump, Vance and advisors in front of news crews before Vance left for Vermont.
Mixed in among those unhappy with the vice president were some supporters as well who waved Trump-Vance banners and signs with welcoming messages.
Photo by Gordon Miller
Vermont’s reaction to Vance’s visit garnered national and even international news coverage from the Boston Globe and the New York Post to CNN and the BBC.
For more local coverage, see VTDigger, WCAX and Mad River Valley Television and The Valley Reporter’s Facebook and Instagram pages in particular.
If you were there and have photos to share, please send them to waterburyroundabout@gmail.com.
Vance reportedly was making his way back to Burlington as of 1:30 p.m. today.
Photo by Gordon Miller