Vice President JD Vance’s address to a puny crowd at a Turning Point USA event Tuesday night was repeatedly interrupted by an anti-war protester. Speaking at the University of Georgia, Vance was faced with backlash to Donald Trump’s Middle East policies up close and in person. While local activists expected a large crowd at the event, which was heavily promoted by TPUSA, the 8,000-seat arena venue was only a quarter-full. Videos and photographs of the event posted to X showed thousands of empty seats. Six minutes to go and the scene is the same at the Turning Point event at UGA pic.twitter.com/rhnSrXcVCB— Matthew Boedy (@MatthewBoedy) April 14, 2026Despite the meager turn out, not everyone in the audience was a fan. “How can you say that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword?” Vance asked, describing the liberation of Europe from the Nazis during WWII—a truly ridiculous analogy to Trump’s reckless war in Iran. “Jesus Christ does not support genocide!” one audience member shouted.“I agree, Jesus Christ certainly does not support genocide, whoever yelled that out from the dark. He certainly does not,” Vance said.“Why are you committing genocide in Gaza?” the heckler continued. Vance: How can you say that God was never on the side of those who wield the sword…Audience member: Jesus doesn’t support genocide. pic.twitter.com/ypaiyr295z— Acyn (@Acyn) April 14, 2026The crowd burst into boos at the interruption, and Vance insisted he be allowed to continue his point before he responded. A few minutes later, turning his attention back to the heckler, Vance lied that the Trump administration had ended the killing of Palestinians. “So, if you want, sir, to complain about what happened in Gaza. Why don’t you complain about Joe Biden and the last administration? We’re the administration that solved that problem.”“You’re killing children!” the heckler shouted. “You’re bombing children!”VP Vance getting heckled at TPUSA event“You’re killing children!” pic.twitter.com/1rPZzghChb— Acyn (@Acyn) April 14, 2026Vance claimed that there was more humanitarian aid coming into Gaza now than anytime in the past five years. In reality, Israel is still severely limiting humanitarian aid into Gaza, and has closed all but one border crossing since the start of its military campaign in Iran. When the U.S. supposedly mediated the end of Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza, the Trump administration turned it into a lucrative real estate deal, while clearing the way for Israel to continue its deadly strikes, oppression, and violent land grabs in the West Bank. Meanwhile, in Iran, the U.S. and Israel are bombing children: at least 22 schools and 17 health care facilities have been damaged since the beginning of the war, when the U.S. conducted a missile strike on a girls’ primary school in Minab that killed at least 168 children.