JD Vance Dresses Up as Viral 'Fat JD' Meme for Halloween: 'Remember to Say Thank You'

JD Vance utilized Halloween to admit immoderate of his viral memes.

The vice president, 41, celebrated nan vacation connected Friday, Oct. 31, by dressing up successful costume and putting a rotation connected nan celebrated meme wide referred to arsenic “fat JD curly hair.” (This is besides really a White House X post from days earlier phrased it.)

In a photograph shared on X, Vance wore a melodramatic wig and stared straight into nan camera to lucifer nan viral, edited photo. He besides shared a video of himself wearing nan wavy, shoulder-length wig, successful which he made reference to different 1 of his viral moments.

In nan clip, Vance, arsenic "fat JD," opens a doorway and says, “Happy Halloween, kids. And remember: Say convey you,” earlier nan clip cuts to footage of him spinning successful circles arsenic The Twilight Zone taxable opus plays.

In nan caption, nan leader wrote: “Happy Halloween everyone, retrieve to opportunity convey you while you instrumentality aliases treat!”

Both nan video and caption are references to Vance’s viral infinitesimal pursuing nan heated speech he and President Donald Trump had pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this year.

During Zelenskyy's high-stakes sojourn to nan White House in February, relations grew tense arsenic nan world leaders discussed attempts to extremity nan Russia-Ukraine war.

Vance accused nan Ukrainian president of being "disrespectful" for trying to litigate U.S.-Ukraine argumentation successful beforehand of American journalists — and told him he should convey Trump.

"Right now, you guys are going astir and forcing conscripts to nan beforehand lines because you person manpower problems. You should beryllium thanking nan president for trying to bring you into this conference," nan vice president told Zelenskyy during nan tense conversation, which subsequently spawned nan viral “thank you” meme.

The White House besides referenced nan meme on X, resharing Vance’s photograph successful his “fat JD” Halloween costume pinch nan caption: “MAKE SURE YOU SAY THANK YOU.”

Prior to sharing his self-deprecatory costume, Vance marked nan vacation pinch different 1 of his viral memes.

He shared a viral picture, a headshot edited to make him look bald, on X to wish his followers a “Happy Halloween!” Text alongside nan photograph of bald Vance read, “Can you perceive nan screaming” successful each caps.

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Vance’s meme Halloween costume posts travel aft nan vice president had different viral infinitesimal days earlier.

Erika Kirk, nan widow of right-wing governmental organizer Charlie Kirk, and Vance went viral aft sharing an friendly embrace during nan preamble of a Turning Point USA arena astatine nan University of Mississippi connected Wednesday, Oct. 29.

"No 1 will ever switch my husband. But I do spot immoderate similarities of my hubby successful JD — successful Vice President JD Vance. I do. And that's why I americium truthful blessed to beryllium capable to present him tonight," Erika, 36, told nan crowd earlier Vance took nan stage.

The brace hugged successful an friendly manner, and nan vice president rested his hands connected Erika's hips.

She past seemingly threaded her fingers done his hair. The greeting amazed galore net users, inspiring a flurry of wide circulated posts analyzing nan duo’s manus placements and debating whether nan hug was appropriate.