‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Fans Tell Jabroni J.D. Vance to Keep His Hands Off of Their Memes

Despite what the Vice President’s social media manager may post, the likelihood that J.D. Vance has actually watched an entire episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is lower than the probability that Charlie Kelly has finished War and Peace.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney has gone on the record as stating that his greatest fear for his iconoclastic comedy show is that, if the series becomes too successful, the mainstream bozos whom the show mocks will become unironic supporters of The Gang and destroy what makes Always Sunny satirical as they hijack the in-jokes and share the show’s precious memes with everyone else in Twitter’s asshole algorithm. 

Sadly, given the success of Always Sunny among the terminally online community, it comes as no surprise that whichever incel shitposter is in charge of the Vice President’s Twitter account is familiar with the show, although the satire elements of the sitcom likely escaped the Vance team who would happily put Frank in charge of the ATF if they could.

In an attempt to portray President Trump’s open cozying up with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a crackpot conspiracy theory, the official J.D. Vance Twitter account responded to Senator Chris Murphy’s criticism of America’s current foreign policy direction with a meme that made the Always Sunny fandom want to ask him, “You ever been in a storm, James?”

Now, to be fair, Vance and Trump did win the state of Pepe Sylvia in the 2024 general election, so you can’t blame the president’s second least-favorite running mate for testing the waters on some local memes, especially since Vance desperately needs to distract the internet from the fact that Photoshopped images showing his stupid cherubic face as even more rotund are currently the most popular meme format on Twitter. But considering how Always Sunny has been satirizing the kind of small-mindedness and stupidity that characterizes Vance and Trump’s platform since Season One, Vance trying to portray his opponents as manic illiterates rings hollow to anyone who actually watches the show.

Also, not to tell the Vice President’s professional tweeter how to do his job, but, I mean, you could have done so much more with an Always Sunny meme response than just a simple Pepe Sylvia pic from the classic but admittedly over-exposed episode “Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack.” If you really wanted to deflect attention from Trump’s ties to Russia, might I suggest trying some more niche, later series memes, perhaps from the situationally appropriate episode “Frank vs. Russia” in the most recent season — nobody will be talking about Vance’s baby face if he starts joking about what’s up his ass.