Posted on 11/01/2025 2:51:34 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Vice President JD Vance leaned into an internet joke at his own expense this Halloween, posting a short video of himself wearing a curly brown wig to mimic a meme that’s followed him for months.
In the TikTok clip, filmed at the Naval Observatory residence, Vance opens the door in a dark suit and red tie, smiling as he tells trick-or-treaters, "Happy Halloween, kids ... remember, say thank you!" The line is a playful callback to the "you didn’t say thank you" meme before he spins under purple lights to the eerie "Twilight Zone" theme.
The 41-year-old vice president’s video racked up more than 250,000 likes and 14 million views within hours, an extraordinary number for a political post, and drew thousands of comments across Instagram, X and Facebook.
Vance first became the butt of the "fat JD with curly hair" meme after a tense White House exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February. Critics edited a photo of Vance with exaggerated features and wild hair, pairing it with captions like, "you didn’t say please" or "you didn’t say thank you."
Rather than ignore the ridicule, Vance embraced it. Earlier this week, the White House X account joined the online fun, posting mock "costume package" images of political figures, including a "JD Vance Costume" that jokingly "does not include the fat JD curly hair." Vance’s own Halloween post essentially completed the gag by adding that missing piece himself.
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It was great!
He just laughed with them instead of being offended
Charlie did that with South Park
JD wins Halloween this year!
Geico caveman!
i’m not saying it was aliens.
Love JD!
Frikking awesome!
Add brown aviator glasses and a leather jacket and we’ve got Jeff Lynne!
LOL!
It’s actually a really substantive dig at the humorless leftists.
Very clever to lean into this stuff. Depowers it.
The last thing a democrat hack wants to so when on the operating table.
Love it
It’s actually a really substantive dig at the humorless leftists.
Very clever to lean into this stuff. Depowers it.
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BINGO! The nutbag, angry and destructive left have ZERO sense of humor. What they THINK is humor is nothing but “orange man bad” crap. Just watch late-night TV.
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