Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis hours before the pontiff died Monday. Quite unfairly, and ever since, people with social media accounts have suggested a connection exists between the two events.
amazing that he thought this would stop people from saying he killed him
— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) April 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is just mean. There’s zero connection between Vance’s meeting and Francis’s final hours on earth.
Man, this is no meme. Jd Vance killed Pope Francis. pic.twitter.com/SmILpJdSDJ
— altofcontrol (@altofcontrol) April 21, 2025
Seriously, this has to stop.
In retrospect, maybe we should have seen this coming. pic.twitter.com/GgKcUFDCiX
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) April 21, 2025
Vice President of the United States is an important job, and the holder of the office deserves better than being portrayed with a swollen head and an inability to pronounce the letter “r.”
— Asher (@uchusky23.com) April 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Some unkind souls have even suggested that Vance is a jinx, based on a previous unfortunate interaction with a trophy. This, too, is wrong, because both things could have easily happened to anyone.
If I was next on JD Vance’s schedule, I would be shaking in my boots pic.twitter.com/rMwDrySFAs
— Harrison Krank (@HarrisonKrank) April 21, 2025
Hmm, okay, a Kennedy has weighed in. But this tweet is not dispositive, and I’ll thank you to stop emailing it to me.
Okay JD killed the pope
— Jack Schlossberg (@JBKSchlossberg) April 21, 2025
Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington City Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
