JD Vance visiting Pope Francis' grave sparks meme fest: 'They always return to scene of crime'

ROME, ITALY: Vice President JD Vance visited the grave of late Pope Francis on Sunday, May 18, accompanied by second lady Usha Vance, after the inaugural mass of new pontiff Pope Leo in Rome, Italy.

Vance posted pictures on X, with the caption, "Today, SLOTUS and I visited the tomb of the late Holy Father Pope Francis. He was beloved by many Catholics around the world, and I hope you will join me in praying for the repose of his soul."

However, his post sparked a meme fest online due to Vance's unexpected connection to the late Pope Francis. Just hours before Francis died on April 21, Vance met briefly with him, thus fueling speculation online that he was somehow responsible for his death.

Let us look at some of the memes that went viral after the VP's post.

1. 'Stop! he's already dead'

X user @jeffreywhatever shared a funny GIF from 'The Simpsons' where the animated characters look terrified and the texts in the screen read, "Stop, Stop! he is already dead".

2. The 'Hitman' meme

@GhostRade posted a clip from the 'Hitman' video game where the character is seen waking up and shooting all his enemies one by one. The caption of the post read, "How Francis was about to pop off if you stayed there any longer."

3. 'How dare you'

This famous meme from 'The Office' was shared by X user @rachelspecialk, showing Kelly Kapoor delivering her famous line, "I have a lot of questions. Number one, how dare you?"

4. 'My biggest hater's funeral'

X user @biomanzilla took to the archival Instagram post's screengrab from yesteryears, showing a man decked up in a suit as the caption of the IG post read, "I stopped by one of my biggest haters' funeral today." The X user captioned the post, "JD Vance at Pope Francis' tomb."

5. The killer elephant

In this meme post, @jonathanmb32 shared a screenshot of a news article from Fox26 Houston that read, "Elephant kills woman and returns to her funeral to attack her corpse."

6. 'They always return to the scene of the crime'

X user @AlwaysFlacko shared a meme that read, "They always return to the scene of the crime," in what seemed like an attempt to further fuel speculations following Pope Francis' death.

7. 'No No No'

In this meme, @nataliesch93717 shared a GIF of a woman moving her index finger as the texts on the screen read, "No, No, No." The user captioned the post, "Wrong", probably implying that Vance should stay away.

8. 'You can't kill him twice'

X user @Aurkayne took a jibe at JD Vance and wrote, "Good thing you can’t kill him twice" as the VP posted pictures of himself visiting Pope Francis' grave.

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online