Thursday on the social media platform X, Vance ignored the new pope’s recent criticism toward him and President Donald Trump — not to mention a long history of cringeworthy wokeness — by taking the high road and congratulating the pontiff.
“Congratulations to Leo XIV, the first American Pope, on his election! I’m sure millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church. May God bless him!” Vance wrote.
Congratulations to Leo XIV, the first American Pope, on his election! I’m sure millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church. May God bless him!
— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 8, 2025
In short, Vance chose true liberality and humanity.
The selection of Pope Leo XIV had social media users scrambling to uncover Prevost’s X posts. To those of us who have come to expect the worst of woke liberal clerics, those posts did not disappoint.
For instance, last month the new pope reposted a post critical of the Trump administration’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The innocent “Maryland Man” of liberals’ imaginations, Garcia actually was an illegal immigrant who has faced very credible