JD Vance Rants About Thanksgiving Turkey In Front Of American Troops

JD Vance decided the day beforeThanksgiving was a perfect time to tell the world his culinary preferences ― andturkey farmers probably won’t be pleased.The vice president visited Fort Campbellon the Kentucky-Tennessee border on Wednesday to meet members of the military and serve them an early holiday meal with the help of his wife, Usha, daughter Mirabel, and sons Ewan and Vivek.At one point, Vance got up to make a few remarks after Kid Rock introduced him as “someone I do hope to call our 48th president one day.”Although most of Vance’s remarks contained the typical patriotic fare, he did take issue with the dish that is famously the centerpiece of most Americans’ Thanksgiving meals: turkey.“Thanksgiving, what we celebrate tomorrow, that is a uniquely American thing,” he added, not quite accurately. “That’s why, for example, we have, you know, turkey.”“Think about turkey,” he continued, before taking the speech in an unexpected direction.“Who really likes ― be honest with yourselves — who really likes turkey?” he asked, prompting some soldiers in the audience to cheer.“You’re all full of shit. Everybody who raised your hands,” Vance replied.“I know. Think about it. And here’s how I know that every single one of you who raised your hand is lying to me. How many times do you roast an 18-pound turkey just randomly? Just, you know, a nice summer afternoon, we’re gonna go get an 18-pound turkey. Nobody does it, because turkey doesn’t actually taste that good.”Vance: Who really likes -- be honest with yourself, who really likes Turkey? You are all full of shit. Everybody who raised your hands… Turkey doesn't actually taste that good. Chicken is good all the time. pic.twitter.com/4TDDHAihUv— Acyn (@Acyn) November 26, 2025But then Vance got patriotic again. “On the most American holiday, we’re gonna cook a turkey, by God, because that’s what Americans do,” he said. “We cook this gigantic American bird, and we do all kinds of crazy things to make it taste good.”Vance told the crowd he planned to deep-fry a turkey on Thursday, and used that anecdote to once again bash the bird.“Here’s the thing,” he added. “If you’ve gotta deep-fry something to make it taste good, it probably isn’t that good. That’s a pretty good rule of thumb when it comes to food. Chicken is good all the time. Chicken is good when you deep fry it, but it’s also good outside of it.”Vance is, of course, entitled to his food opinions, but people on social media had a bone to pick with his turkey taunts.JD Vance out here having a full emotional breakdown…about turkey. Like bro, it’s Thanksgiving, not group therapy. What is wrong with this man? The rant was awkward, unhinged, and cringe AF. Is this what Erika Kirk convinced him of? pic.twitter.com/IbQaGmKW5t— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) November 26, 2025The turkey farmers must be thrilled with this messaging.— Aurora Dawn 🐝 🌻 🪷 (@AuroraO83) November 26, 2025I love turkey he’s a freak— Michelle 🇺🇸🦅 (@Michell71078349) November 26, 2025Personally, I like Turkey a lot more than Lame Ducks! pic.twitter.com/xzgkWrs7SP— Dexter Wright ... New PFP, same attitude (@Dexter__Wright) November 26, 2025“How you know you’re at white ppl thanksgiving”— Casey (she/her) (@MamaSissieSays) November 26, 2025Okay, setting aside that the Thielbot 3000 is shitting ALL OVER America with this statement, his logic is bollocks: I love turkey, genuinely love it, but just because I don’t have time or energy to roast an 18-pound turkey at random doesn’t mean I’m lying. What an imbecile.— Kushibo MPH, Monster Island (actually a peninsula) (@kushibo) November 26, 2025He's actually starting to sound like Trump. Folie a deux? Been around Trump too long? Trying to play the fool since it works so well for Trump? Eeeek.— hmilne 🇨🇦 (@HMilne57) November 26, 2025This is the most serious disagreement i’ve had with this fool.Turkey is 1,000% more flavorful than chicken, which only tastes good if its dark meat. Ask any top-ranked chef.It’s why all white meat chicken dishes smother it in sauces of some kind.— sedef (@nsedef) November 26, 2025This how you know this man has only ever had dry ass turkey— Negrodamus (@JulesMoffit) November 26, 2025Turkey has a much higher approval rating than Trump/Vance.— Trump is a PEDO ⚖️ (@TrumpPedophile2) November 26, 2025

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