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Why JD Vance’s face is the meme of the moment for both right and left

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JD Vance is the meme of the moment, a canvas for internet partisans and trolls to project whatever they want to see.

The left has reshaped him into a pouty, overstuffed cherub intended to symbolize a tantrum-throwing toddler.

Meanwhile, the right has chiseled him into hardened nationalist icon.

The vice president’s journey into digital distortion began in October 2024 .

The more niche or weirder the J.D. Vance edit, the better, an expert says.

That many iterations make the Vance meme phenomenon uniquely rare.

It's happened only a handful of times, most notably with the “Rare Pepe” craze .

Vance hasn’t publicly commented on the flood of memes.

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38

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43

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informal

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English

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47

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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