From Guess What Happened Just ‘Minutes’ After JD Vance Joined Bluesky

by Catherine Salgado

Leftist anti-free speech haven Bluesky, which claims to prioritize a “pleasant experience” for users, banned the vice president of the United States almost immediately after he created his account.

On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance posted on X, “Just set up my page on @bluesky, hope to see you guys there!” Multiple accounts, including the New York Post, Axios reporter Marc Caputo, and Libs of TikTok, subsequently reported that Vance was suspended on the platform only about “12” to “20 minutes” after he launched his account. MRC confirmed the account has been restored as of Thursday morning.

”Vice President Vance's account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts which have targeted public figures like him in the past," Bluesky told Newsweek. "The account was quickly restored and verified so people can easily confirm its authenticity.”

Vance appears to have suspected he might be suspended quickly, because his original X post announcement included screenshots of his first thread on Bluesky. “Hello, Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I’m thrilled to be here to engage with all of you,” he had written.

The vice president included a screenshot highlighting a recent concurring opinion in the decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruledto uphold Tennessee’s ban on harmful “transgender” procedures for minors. “I found Justice Thomas’s concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating. He argues that many of our so-called ‘experts’ have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth.”