Vice President JD Vance was one of the last visitors of Pope Francis on Easter morning on Sunday, hours before his death on Monday. Given the antithetical relationship between the Donald Trump administration and the late Pope, JD Vance has literally been blamed for Pope’s death, albeit some of it was part of internet fun. On Wednesday, as the vice president was in Agra, India, he commented on how he reflected on his meeting with the Pope hours before the Pope passed away and said it was ‘pretty crazy’.
On being asked as to whether he’s planning to attend the funeral of the Pope, Vance said he is neither planning to attend the funeral nor planning not to attend it. He said it was not yet decided who from the government would attend the funeral.
The White House, however, announced that President Trump would be attending the funeral. He would leave Washington on Friday morning to fly to Rome and return Saturday evening.
Why JD Vance is being trolled for a coincidence?
JD Vance’s chance meeting with the Pope hours before Pope’s death is a coincidence but Vance is being mercilessly trolled for this. Right-wing American author Ann Coulter even congratulated JD Vance while commentators, comedians are not letting this opportunity to mock Vance go. JD Vance is the Internet’s favorite meme and hence Vance trolling is back.
“I know you’ve not been feeling great, but it’s good see you in better health,” Vance told the Pope during his brief meeting. Social media users wondered how fateful Vance’s words were that the Pope died soon after.
A priest serving as a translator spoke for the pope during their brief conversation.
“These are for your children,” the priest said as someone presented Vance with chocolate eggs. Next came a tray of additional gifts, including rosaries and a Vatican tie.
“Thank you,” Vance said as he held the dark tie. “So beautiful.”
They posed for a photo, Vance standing to the pope’s right before bidding him farewell. “I pray for you every day,” Vance said. “God bless you.”
Jimmy Kimmel commented that now everyone knows that JD Vance is bad at praying too.
JD Vance said he thought about the chance meeting a lot. “It’s pretty crazy, actually,” he said. “Obviously, when I saw him, I didn’t know that he had less than 24 hours still on this Earth,” Vance added. “I think it was a great blessing. But, you know, he saw a lot of people. I think he affected a lot of lives. And I try to just remember that I was lucky I got to shake his hand.”
