This Realllllllly Embarrassing Text From JD Vance Has The Entire Internet Laughing At Him

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This Realllllllly Embarrassing Text From JD Vance Has The Entire Internet Laughing At Him

Matt Stopera

Thu, December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM UTC

2 min read

Remember that time a journalist got *accidentally* invited to a Signal chat where the nation's most powerful people were openly discussing "war plans" on a non-government approved app?

Text conversation about team progress and achievements with positive emojis
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That was wild!

Text "Michael Waltz" with fist, USA flag, and fire emojis
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So, the Defense Department released an 84-page report about the ordeal, and one text from a certain JD is going viral.

A man in a suit sits at a meeting table, looking to the side. A person in the background is taking notes
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Here's that little gem:

Phone screenshot showing a chat with participants discussing name changes and set disappearing message time to 8 hours
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It's from JD Vance at 2:26 A.M., saying, "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"

Text message from JD Vance: "This chat’s kind of dead. Anything going on?" Sent at 2:26 AM
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A post from FactPost about it is going viral, and the responses are *chef's kiss.*

A man in a suit in front of a flag. Screen shows text message: "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?" by JD Vance at 2:26 AM
factpostnews/x.com / Via The White House

Pretty much everyone is saying the same thing: They started a new one.

Individuals in a formal meeting around a table, appearing focused and engaged in discussion
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"When they make a new group chat without you :("

A bearded man in a suit stands beside a screenshot of a text conversation about a group chat. The caption humorously expresses feeling left out
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"Making a new gc without Vance is the most relatable thing these people have ever done."

Tweet discussing a text message from JD Vance to the Hegseth Signal Group, saying, "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"
sam_alberti/x.com / Via The White House

"We are ruled by a man sending 'u up?' texts in a military group chat."

Screenshot of a tweet showing a man texting a military group chat at 2:26 AM, asking, "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?"
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"'Guys?...Guys?'"

Screenshot of a tweet showing a news post about a message from JD Vance discussing a quiet chat group, with a photo of a man in a suit above
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"Vance is clearly a conversation killer."

Tweet by Claire Zee jokes about JD Vance's text saying, "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?" on FactPost screenshot
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And lastly, "Vice president so bad he killed the GC."

A tweet showing a news article about JD Vance's text message on a lack of activity in the Hegseth Signal group
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