US officials forced to share bald JD Vance meme by denying tourist’s claim he was denied entry over photo

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-officials-tourist-jd-vance-meme-b2776834.html

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  3. I mean, how do they know for sure this is Vance? Could be just a regular guy. Do we really have picture police now?

  5. I feel like that picture being published and now part of the permanent legal history of the US would make the trouble with customs worth it to me at least, Its like “Rick-rolling” the federal government and it is beautiful!

  8. And it keeps getting funnier every time I see it

  10. Ok but ICE did in fact deny a tourist entry over something as stupid as a picture of a wooden pipe. This is still absurd on its face

  11. >“Mads Mikkelsen was not denied entry for any memes or political reasons, it was for his admitted drug use.”

    [You did drugs?!? This isn’t something minor, like being appointed to lead HHS, this is *entry to the country*. Denied.]

  12. There are parallels between this situation and the Australian tourist.

    They questioned the Australian for hours over their views on Israel/Palestine and only found an excuse to deny entry AFTER grilling them for political motives.

    Something tells me this is similar. It would be an interesting case study if something similar happened but instead finding pro-Trump memes. Wonder if they would turn a blind eye to a pipe then.

  13. That’s him! That’s the guy that fucked my couch!

  14. >The agents also reportedly asked him about drug smuggling, terror plots, and *right-wing extremism*

    Did they ask that because there are available jobs at the White House?

  15. He was denied due to the photo. They say he admitted to using drugs, but he said he had used marijuana in the past, but only in locations where it was legal. That is clearly a pretext, I have seen multiple reports where Canadians have been denied entry because they responded to a question whether they support Trump in the negative. This is fascism, and everybody knows it.

  16. This face is begging for an inflatable lederhosen body to complete the look.

  17. Every news outlet has been broadcasting this image and Trumps f bomb lol

  18. Now prove that photo isn’t JD Vance. Seems patriotic to have a picture of the VP on your phone

  21. So where is the offending meme? All I see is a pic of JD Dunce before eyeliner was maga.

  22. Musk admitted to regular heavy drug use and was granted access to our most sensitive data systems. This individual was denied entry to the country. If it were not for double standards, Republicans would have no standards at all.

  23. >One question we do not have an answer to is why Mikkelsen was targeted in the first place for heightened scrutiny.

    Somewhere, a CBP agent is lamenting that he was hoping to meet his favorite actor, but was disappointed to find out it was just someone with the same name.

    The actor would have torn his ego to shreds, though, so maybe it’s for the best.

  24. A big part of the problem is that the US government’s word isn’t particularly trustworthy.

    Normally, we would all take CBP’s denial that this wasn’t the issue at face-value. Now you have to wonder if he wasn’t bullied because of the photo and CBP agents went fishing for something to stick him with.

    How many tourists enter the US having had marijuana or another drug at some point in their lives, and why is it only suddenly an issue with this one guy?

  26. I for one am commenting more than ever JUST to share this WONDERFUL picture more 🙂

  27. How is this not a constitutional violation against one’s freedom of expression???

  28. Ask them why they think this photo references JD Vance. Insist that they answer.

  29. This backfired so tremendously. I’ve been seeing people with this cursed image as their avatar all over the internet now.

  31. Never seen the Streisand effect hit this hard before. I’ve seen the image basically non stop for 24 hours.

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