Vance Hit With Humiliating Welcome on Trip

Anna Moneymaker / Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images JD Vance’s Midwestern appeal doesn’t seem to have much pull in New England.

The vice president, 42, was met by a barrage of protesters during his trip to Brewer, Maine, to campaign for Republican House candidate Paul LePage ahead of the midterms.

Local news outlets reported that protesters lined the streets holding signs that read “Go Home HillBilly,” referencing Vance’s hit 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy .

Others wielded signs reading “ICE Gestapo Murder,” likely referring to an immigration agent fatally shooting a man in a vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, in July.

“Personally, I am horrified when I see people killed in the street.

This is a moment for us to express ourselves and show our anger at the way this administration behaves,” Nancy Jacobson, a protester, told WGME.

A spokesperson for the vice president did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The protesters weren’t the only bump in Vance’s trip on Monday.

The vice president seemed to have left his usually smooth-talking demeanor back in D.C., stumbling through questions from reporters during a rally.

Vance was asked about the president’s trade war with Canada and its impact on Maine.

He acknowledged that Maine is a border state with Canada and insisted they’re trying to get a fair deal.

But then, he was distracted by basic geography.

“We have to remember, Canada is a state—sorry, Freudian slip,” Vance struggled.

“That was actually an accident.