Vice President JD Vance turned heads for a particular remark he made in an address to the American people released on Wednesday.
"Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years to continue to work on the amazing things that we've been doing for the past two years," said Vance.
The pleading nature of this request, coming at a moment when polls show Democrats in a strong position to take the majority in at least one chamber of Congress in November, prompted a round of mockery from social media commenters.
"LMAO NO," wrote leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
"After all, there's still more wars to be waged, more crypto scams to be launched, more record high gas prices to be imposed, more food assistance to be cut, more Epstein files to be suppressed," wrote political YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen.
"Sorry, not interested in $12 gas," wrote political commentator Thomas Paine, who goes by "Tea Pain" online.
"No greater pitch than having complete governmental power for two years and then going “Okay, yes, we’ve [expletive] everything up, but give us more time!” wrote comedian and author Mike Drucker.
"Stage one: denial," wrote Parkland school shooting survivor and Leaders We Deserve chief David Hogg.
"If you are in the Democratic messaging business it is important that everyone see this," wrote Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI).