{"id":60910,"date":"2025-07-13T00:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T00:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60910\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T00:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T00:29:24","slug":"jd-vances-rumored-vacation-visit-to-disney-resort-sparks-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60910\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance&#8217;s rumored vacation visit to Disney resort sparks protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A large crowd of protesters gathered outside Disneyland\u2019s Grand Californian Hotel &amp; Spa on Friday afternoon after local officials rumored a possible vacation visit from Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County officials received intel of the VP\u2019s visit to the area on Thursday. In <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL_Z3Tbxkld\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an interview<\/a> with KTLA 5, Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento said the VP\u2019s visit \u201ccomes at a time when trust in government feels fragile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome any policymaker to visit, listen and witness the hard-working immigrant communities that make our county strong,\u201d Sarmiento, who represents the county\u2019s 2nd District, said in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL_Z3Tbxkld\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a post to social media.<\/a> \u201cI respect the office, but I can\u2019t respect policies that hurt our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Vic President J.D. Vance is in Anaheim visiting Disneyland. \"   width=\"1200\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752366564_913_\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s Grand California Hotel where Vice President JD Vance is believed to be staying with his family.<\/p>\n<p>(OnScene.TV)<\/p>\n<p>Sarmiento\u2019s district includes the city of Santa Ana, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/socal\/daily-pilot\/entertainment\/story\/2025-06-19\/ice-raids-orange-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">where immigrant communities have been hit<\/a> with ICE raids since June. His jurisdiction stretches to parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Orange and Tustin, which have also suffered what some immigrant advocates describe as \u201cracial profiling,\u201d targeted at Latinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a huge contrast between the work we do on the ground \u2014 supporting families with food, resources, and hope \u2014 and an administration whose policies feel designed to crush the very communities we serve,\u201d Sarmiento added.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL_QHoJJ1f1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Santanero<\/a>, a local Santa Ana newspaper, reported that Air Force 2 landed at John Wayne Airport on Friday shortly after 5 p.m. It was not immediately confirmed whether Vance was on the aircraft on official business following <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2025\/07\/07\/michelin-starred-sushi-2500-a-seat-dinners-vice-president-vance-wraps-up-san-diego-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his latest visit to California<\/a> when he attended a $2,500-per-seat conservative event at a high-end sushi restaurant in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Neither a weekend schedule nor fundraising event were posted by the vice president\u2019s office, which has led to speculation that Vance might be on a family vacation. <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1257848319310237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Online footage began to circulate<\/a> of a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1808985219961768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">C-17 motorcade<\/a> entering the Disneyland Park in Anaheim.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2719225014940329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A crowd of protesters<\/a> began to form near the park at 5:30 p.m. on Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue on Friday. Some individuals drove up to four hours to be at the protest, where many waved Mexican and California flags and carried handmade posters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would tell [Vance] to go home,\u201d one protestor told <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/jd-vance-california-orange-county-disney-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fox 11<\/a>. \u201cWe don\u2019t want him here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Anaheim Police Department did not immediately respond to a Times request for comment as of Saturday, but online footage showed police presence at Friday\u2019s protest. No injuries or arrests were reported.<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Matt Desmond<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/il-19wDj9UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> posted a short video to his channel<\/a>, DisneyScoopGuy, Saturday morning of Vance and two of his children at Disneyland walking through the park and riding <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/travel\/story\/2024-11-14\/tianas-bayou-adventure-everything-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiana\u2019s Bayou Adventure<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The video showed security personnel roaming inside the park with explosive detective dogs. It was not clear if the agents are from the Secret Service, according to the City News Service. <\/p>\n<p>Disney officials declined to comment on individual plans out of respect for all guests.<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large crowd of protesters gathered outside Disneyland\u2019s Grand Californian Hotel &amp; Spa on Friday afternoon after local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20680,43993,43995,246,19597,51,2066,50,6141,1809,10453,43996,5395,52,43992,43994,1804,43997],"class_list":{"0":"post-60910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-disney-resort","10":"tag-disneyland","11":"tag-family","12":"tag-friday-afternoon","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-jd-vance","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-park","17":"tag-protest","18":"tag-santa-ana","19":"tag-sarmiento","20":"tag-saturday","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-vacation-visit","23":"tag-vice-president","24":"tag-visit","25":"tag-vp"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114843102610374269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}