U.S. Vice President JD Vance decided to join Bluesky, only to be abruptly suspended, according to the New York Post.
Vance began his social media account with a long argument about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding medical care for transgender youth. It immediately triggered Bluesky's terms of service violations, and the account was suspended, the Post said.
The account has since reinstated, and his comments remain.
"Vice President Vance's account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts, which have targeted public figures like him in the past," Bluesky said in a statement. "The account was quickly restored and verified so people can easily confirm its authenticity."
The account was immediately flooded with mockery. Some posted memes and cartoons of a chubby Vance. Others couldn't help but notice that his handle on Bluesky was JD-Vance-1. The reason is that eight months ago someone else created their own mocking Vance account.
"@ jd-vance-1-final-FINAL" one person said, mocking the handle. Another suggested, "@jd-vance-1-final-FINAL-NO_USE_THIS_ONE_ACTUAL_FINAL."
Allison Gill's "Mueller, She Wrote" account called out, "Hide your kids! Hide your couch! JD Vance is on Bluesky!" It's a reference to a 2024 joke that Vance had relations with a couch.
Comedian Sarah O'Connell called the account the "quickest block ever."
Author E.W. Niedermeyer joked, "*piously* I only follow Alt JD Vance."
"Okay, I’ll bite. Who is JD Vance?" quipped editor and political director for Progressive Mass, Jonathan Cohn.
Former technology games reporter Ian Boudreau remarked, "Funny that JD Vance seems to have spare time on his hands at this particular moment in time and history. Maybe he can sit at the grown ups table next year. None of these guys work at all. They post."
Contributor for "The Onion," Amy Yee mocked, "The wildest thing about JD Vance is he’s clearly trying his best."
She later added, "JD Vance kinda looks like if M3gan was a grown man except gay people hate him."
Columnist and analyst Roy Edroso was one of many who blocked Vance on the platform. He then noted he was "Marked safe" from the account.
"You will be happier, and he will be unhappier, if you just block JD Vance (yes, his account is back)," said former Atlantic writer and editor Joshua Friedman.
However, actor George Takei advised, "Treat JD Vance on Bluesky like we did Donald’s birthday parade. Ignore it, don’t show up to watch it, and he will soon become sad and dejected."
Multimedia journalist David Leavitt did a video showing users how to block Vance and tag him.