Way back in December of 2025, thousands of White people roasted JD Vance, the first Ohio resident to ever serve as U.S. vice president, on social media.

At Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, Vance had declared: “In the United States of America, you don't have to apologize for being White anymore."

The prompt, posted on Threads by writer and social media influencer Yashar Ali, went like this: "White folks on here … What are you doing with all the extra time you have now that you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore? Look forward to the number of people who don’t get this post."

People got the assignment and the connection to Vance.

There were nearly 9,000 sarcasm-laced responses to the post:

Were the responses funny? I laughed at several.

Is the situation we find ourselves in as a nation infuriating? It is more than enough to make you shake.

The fact that our vice president made such a declaration about the supposed lifting of White oppression could be seen as a weird one-off, if not for the war on historical facts and current reality that he and his boss have led against the American people.

In supposed post-racial America, they spend a hell of a lot of time stoking racial tension and fostering oppression.

Perhaps reminded that Martin Luther King Jr. Day was fast approaching, President Donald........

© USA TODAY