Vice President J.D. Vance joined the BlueSky social media platform Wednesday afternoon. Vice President J.D. Vance was suspended from the BlueSky social-media platform Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Vance made his first publish on the left-leading Twitter substitute at 4:50 p.m., posting some excerpts from the Supreme Court docket choice on states’ powers to control “gender-affirming” medical remedy for teenagers.
Simply arrange my web page on @bluesky, hope to see you guys there! pic.twitter.com/5cgjyMF8su
— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 18, 2025
“Howdy Bluesky, I’ve been informed this app has turn into the place to go for frequent sense political dialogue and evaluation. So I’m thrilled to be right here to have interaction with all of you,” he wrote to accompany screenshots from the justices’ ruling.
He continued the thread with two extra posts in his personal phrases concerning the choice, its criticism of professional opinion, and the potential for consultants being purchased by BigPharma.
Inside 20 minutes, his account had been suspended, in response to a screenshot of the account posted on X by LibsofTikTok.
BREAKING: Bluesky banned VP JD Vance 20 minutes after he joined the platform https://t.co/IogKOGE1F0 pic.twitter.com/3k4pYWeiop
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2025
Mr. Vance’s X account, the place he posted his preliminary BlueSky foray, didn’t point out the suspension.
By round 8 p.m., the account appeared to have been restored, although some high-profile accounts shortly rallied the troops to ban him anew or completely.
BlueSky was based as an alternative choice to Twitter after it was bought by Elon Musk and he modified its censorship guidelines, in opposition to which conservatives had chafed for years.
Many left-leaning political commentators and influencers deserted Twitter/X for BlueSky in protest. The positioning has related guidelines about “hate” that Twitter as soon as did.
