JD Vance's Vatican trip to attend inaugural mass of Pope Leo sparks meme fest: 'You stay away from him'

WASHINGTON, DC: Vice President JD Vance is set to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City on Sunday, May 18. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, his wife, Jeanette Rubio, and second lady Usha Vance will accompany him.

This announcement sparked a meme fest online and conspiracy-laced humor due to the VP's unexpected connection to the late Pope Francis. Just hours before Pope Francis died on April 21, Vance met briefly with him, thus fueling speculation online.

Now that Vance is set to visit the Vatican, netizens have come up with funny memes. Let us look at some of the memes that made it to the internet.

1. The 'Interstellar' meme

X user @ItsJooper used the famous 'Don't Let Me Leave! Scene' from 'Interstellar' where Cooper struggles to communicate with Murph within the tesseract. The person captioned their post, "Pope Francis in the afterlife watching JD Vance arrive at Pope Leo’s mass."

2. The crying girl meme

This meme by @clockteautwins shows a girl holding on to her tears and eventually crying as she says "b****" at the end.

3. The Demi Lovato comments screengrab

X user @mp_getawaycar shared an old screenshot of two comments from Demi Lovato that read "GET A JOB" and "STAY AWAY FROM HER."

4. 'Hired the Davos Shaman'

In this meme, @EthanOMcBride posted a clip from the 2024 World Economic Forum where Chieftess Putanny Yawanawa of the Amazonian Yawanawa tribe performed a shamanic rite. The user captioned the post, "I have hired the Davos Shaman to protect the Pope from JD Vance and his dark magic."

5. 'Breaking Bad' meme

@HumanDoberMan shared a screengrab from an episode of 'Breaking Bad' showing Walter White, aka Heisenberg, screaming from inside a car. The post had the caption, "NOOOOOO F*** LEO DONT LET HIM NEAR YOU NOOOOOOOOO."

6. The shocked lady meme

In this meme, @kstrucks shared a GIF of a lady with a shocked look on her face while holding her face with her palms. The caption of this post read, "Be careful, diva!!!!"

7. The Squidward meme

X user @RachelBPotter posted a Squidward GIF showing the animated character opening a door as the texts in the post read, "Get away from her."

8. The sus golden retriever

The funny meme by @xlanicy shows a golden retriever trying to act suspicious when someone tries to put their hand close to it, eventually running away. The caption read, "The pope when JD Vance tries to shake his hand."

9. The angry woman meme

@basicallyvia shared a short clip of a woman sitting on a chair angrily saying, "Bull***, she better not have it." The caption of the post read, "YOU STAY AWAY FROM HIM WE JUST GOT HIM."

10. 'Garbage Pail Kid' meme

A funny meme by @cyber_gusy shows a Garbage Pail Card with text on it that read "JD Vance Death" and showed an animated character that resembled a Grim Reaper. The caption of the post read, "Take care of #JDVance Garbage Pail Kid."

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