JD Vance Mocks Minnesota Protesters Outside His Supposed Hotel

Vice President JD Vance responded to a video Friday that appeared to show protesters banging pots and pans outside a Minneapolis, Minnesota, hotel they apparently believed Vance would be staying.

🤣 https://t.co/JY9PTnoVU2

— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 23, 2026

The vice president responded with a “cry laughing” emoji to the repost of the video.

The video’s caption claimed the protestors were students at the University of Minnesota. (RELATED: JD Vance Breaks Down The Latest On The Trump Administration’s Crackdown On Left-Wing Violence)

“Libs in Minneapolis are currently standing outside a hotel in -15 degree weather banging pots and playing instruments to keep JD Vance from sleeping inside his hotel,” X user johnny maga posted. “Little do they know, JD Vance landed back in D.C. 5 hours ago.”

Vance spoke at a meeting between business leaders, law enforcement and immigration officers in Minneapolis Thursday, Fox 9 reported. He said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are doing an “incredible job” and accused the media of “lying about the job they do every day.”

He also advised protesters to carry out their first amendment rights “peacefully,” the outlet reported.

“If you assault a law enforcement officers, the Trump administration is going to prosecute you under the fullest extent of the law,” he warned. (RELATED: How An Anonymous Antifa Blog Terrorizes ICE Agents)

Minnesota has faced protests following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, who allegedly attempted to use her car as a weapon against an ICE agent on Jan. 7.

Since then, violent protests have taken over the city of Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota. Protesters are demanding that ICE agents leave the city.

Vance also responded to reports accusing ICE agents of arresting a 5-year-old in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.

“I came to find that the 5-year-old wasn’t arrested, but that his dad was an illegal alien, and that when they went to arrest him, the father ran,” Vance said.

“What are they supposed to do? Let a 5-year-old freeze to death? Not arrest an illegal alien? If the argument is that you can’t arrest people who have violated federal laws because they have children, then every single parent is going to be given complete immunity. That doesn’t make any sense,” he said.