Loudmouth Who Disrupted Chicago 'Hamilton' With Pro-Trump Meltdown Pleads Guilty

By Stephen Gossett in News on Jan 10, 2017 4:59PM

'Hamilton' / Courtesy of Broadway in Chicago

The man who drunkenly disrupted a November performance of Hamilton in Chicago with a profane, pro-Trump tirade pleaded guilty in court on Monday to charges related to the meltdown.

Court document show that John Palmer, 56, of the 100 block of E. Illinois St., pleaded guilty to charges of misdemeanor trespassing, the Tribune reports. Palmer was ordered six months of court supervision, is barred from attending Broadway in Chicago shows for six months, and is not allowed to go back to the Chicago Hamilton production, according to reports.

We hope he’s not a diehard Wayne Brady fan. Scratch that; we hope he is a diehard Wayne Brady fan.

Palmer went on his tirade at a performance on Nov. 19, the same day Donald Trump chastised the Broadway cast for their perfectly courteous call to Vice President-elect Mike Pence to defend the rights of all people during his administration—a missive to which Pence took no exception.

According to witnesses, Palmer spilled wine on a nearby child and shouted ‘We won. Trump is president. Get over it’ and ‘Let’s go Democrats. I’ll kill you all.’ A video posted to social media showed what appeared to be theatre security attempting to detain Palmer while he said, “You pussy piece of shit,” over and over.

Palmer’s attorney had previously argued that the Broadway cast was responsible for making Hamilton productions a hostile space, which set off Palmer—a defense which got his client exactly as far you'd expect.