JD Vance is no longer just a politician – he has become a meme. His face, digitally warped and endlessly repurposed, has become a viral canvas for both critics and supporters. In an era where politics is experienced through pixels rather than policies, Vance has entered the same strange digital purgatory occupied by figures like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris before him. But there’s something different this time. Unlike the predictable partisan divisions that shaped previous political meme wars, Vance’s memefication is more fluid, more contradictory, and ultimately more revealing about the current state of political culture.
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