The vice president and his wife were booed as they took their seats for a National Symphony Orchestra concert of music by Shostakovich and Stravinsky.

The boo birds came after President Trump took over as chairman last month and replaced the board of trustees with loyalists, leading to a rash of cancelled performances.

The reaction toward the vice president comes on the heels of recent steps by the Trump administration to overhaul the national arts institution in Washington, D.C.