Vice President JD Vance was banned from the left-leaning social media site Bluesky.
Vance’s account was shut down shortly after he had joined and shared his initial post.
The vice president, who is thought of as a way forward for Republicans who hope to elect another conservative during the 2028 election cycle, has long been a source of frustration for the Left, as The New York Post reported.
However, it’s unclear what Vance did to warrant a suspension.
In his first post on the X competitor, Vance said:
“Hello Bluesky, I’ve been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis.
“So I’m thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.”
As a follow-up, the VP commented on the Supreme Court’s decision to preserve Tennessee’s ban on transgender minors receiving medical treatment.
“To that end, I found Justice [Clarence] Thomas’s concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating,” Vance wrote.
He also included a screenshot of the conservative justice’s statement, which was in agreement with the 6-3 ruling.
“He argues that many of our so-called ‘experts’ have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth,” the vice president continued.
“I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids.”
“What do you think?”
The writer Marc Caputo of Axios noted the change and stated that Vance’s Bluesky account was suspended within twelve minutes after the post and his announcement on X about joining the site.
A message was emblazoned across what had been Vance’s Bluesky page that said:
“Not found. Account has been suspended.”
There has been no indication that the current vice president’s comments were in violation of Bluesky’s community guidelines in any way.
The suspension was only temporary, as the account was reinstated within a few minutes of its suspension.
The company responded to the account suspension, saying:
“Vice President Vance’s account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts, which have targeted public figures like him in the past.
“The account was quickly restored and verified so people can easily confirm its authenticity,” the spokesperson added.
“We welcome the Vice President to join the conversation on Bluesky.”
GOP Senator Mike Lee posted on X, outraged at the company’s reaction, saying:
“Why’d it take BlueSky 17 whole minutes to ban @JD Vance?
“What kind of self-respecting, leftist censorship takes that long to stamp out free speech?”
Likewise, influencer Charlie Kirk asserted that the platform banned Vance “for offending them.”
Kirk continued by saying:
“And thanks to Elon Musk, we get to point and laugh at them instead of howling in anger about censorship. And thanks to us using our free speech on 𝕏, mocking and laughing at them, they’ve been forced to reinstate him!”
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