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By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 21:37 BST, 21 April 2025 | Updated: 02:20 BST, 22 April 2025
Vice President JD Vance is getting trolled online after being the last major figure to meet with Pope Francis before his passing on Monday. The vice president was in Rome for several days over the Easter weekend on official business.During the trip, he visited the Vatican and had a private meeting with the Pope, where the two exchanged pleasantries. Vance greeted the 88-year-old pontiff and told him how often he had been praying for him. Pope Francis, in turn, offered Vance a number of gifts, including a Vatican tie and candy for the vice president’s children – who were with him on the visit. It was one of the last official meetings that Pope Francis had, and after the news broke on Monday that the head of the Catholic church had passed, some began posting trolling the vice president.’Good work, JD,’ conservative commentator Ann Coulter wrote on X. Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., also raised eyebrows with a cryptic message she has yet to clarify. Pope Francis meets with Vice President JD Vance and delegation during an audience at Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City, Vatican, on Sunday, April 20, 2025 Within 24 hours of the pair meeting the pope passed away, leading to some wild hot takes on social media ‘Today there were major shifts in global leaderships,’ Greene wrote on X Monday morning. ‘Evil is being defeated by the hand of God.’Conservative influencer Harrison Krank wrote on X: ‘If I was next on JD Vance’s schedule, I would be shaking in my boots.’MAGA personality Vince Langman went as far as to post a joke suggesting who the vice president should meet with next. ‘JD Vance has just scheduled an emergency meeting with Mitch McConnell,’ he jibed. Other users also proposed meetings that Vance should add to his calendar. I call on JD Vance to immediately meet Vladimir Putin for peace talks,’ liberal writer Drew Pavlou wrote on X. Comedian Dan Carney posted: ‘JD Vance do you want to meet my mother in law.’Vance, for his part, posted a a tribute to the Pope, who he noted was seemingly quite ill. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote a cryptic message on X following the pope’s death that ‘Evil is being defeated by the hand of God’ Conservative commentator Ann Coulter posted on Monday: ‘Good work, JD,’ after the pope died’I just learned of the passing of Pope Francis. My heart goes out to the millions of Christians all over the world who loved him,’ Vance wrote on X on Monday morning.’I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill,’ the vice president wrote. ‘But I’ll always remember him for the below homily he gave in the very early days of Covid. It was really quite beautiful. May God rest his soul.’President Donald Trump also issued a short statement on Truth Social following the news of the Pope’s death.’Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!’ he stated.The Pope died as a result of a cerebral stroke, the Vatican announced Monday.
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Top Trump MAGA allies troll JD Vance over visit before death of Pope Francis
