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

a year ago by ByteOnBikes to c/nottheonion

DHS does not deny strong-arming tourist into letting them into his phone, only that agents sent him home because of a meme

Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that, no, agents did not stop a Norwegian traveler who showed them a meme of a bald Vice President JD Vance.

“Fact Check: FALSE,” the CBP wrote on X. “Mads Mikkelsen was not denied entry for any memes or political reasons, it was for his admitted drug use.”

And no, the agency is not referring to Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, but rather the similarly named 21-year-old who was denied entry at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 11.

Focal 228 points a year ago

A Norwegian newspaper got to see his letter of denial and it didn't list drug use at all. Rather they said he tried to enter the country to get a job illegally.

At this point, CBP's story keeps changing, and I don't trust anything they say.

https://www.vg.no/...

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Wizard_Pope 35 points a year ago

Yeah. Trying to get a job without legal paperwork.

What fucking clowns these people are.

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thefartographer 33 points a year ago

YouTube prank video: Getting a job illegally in America for insurance to see how quickly I die from denied medical claims

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Prunebutt 17 points a year ago

"CBP"?

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RichardDegenne 31 points a year ago

Customs and Border Protection

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SkaveRat 14 points a year ago

customs and border protection

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Prunebutt 14 points a year ago

I see... well, ACAB includes border cops, doesn't it?

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match 19 points a year ago

possibly more than anyone else

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match 9 points a year ago

la migra, la policia, la misma porqueria

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moody 4 points a year ago

Always has

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FuckFascism 12 points a year ago

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pastermil 12 points a year ago

you just have to trust the meme.

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Taalnazi 1 point a year ago

lmao, a norwegian entering the us to get a job? that's like an american entering the dprk to get work... oh, wait!

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Chainweasel 125 points a year ago

The exact meme in case anyone wants to avoid it for um... Legal purposes.

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troybot 19 points a year ago

Under no circumstances should you share this image. We must send this to everyone we know to be absolutely certain all our friends and family know about this so they don't unknowingly have it on their phone. It's our patriotic duty to share this with as many people as possible.

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Tolookah 19 points a year ago

I read your username as ChinWeasel and thought heh, username checks out oddly enough.

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thefartographer 4 points a year ago

It obviously says ChanWhistle

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usernameusername 2 points a year ago

Why are you all calling it a meme? It's literally his real face

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peoplebeproblems 2 points a year ago

I do in fact want to "avoid it" for legal purposes.

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Justas 1 point a year ago

MSNBC's report on it is on YouTube, plenty of people in the comments replaced their profile pictures with various versions of the meme and had a lot of fun with it.

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bytesonbike 74 points a year ago

What a shit show.

Europeans, this is the best time to troll America right now.

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Buffalox 42 points a year ago

I think Americans are trolled enough by Trump and his administration.
It's pretty hard to measure up to that level of trolling. It's so bad they are trolling people to death over there!

Haha no more medicare for you! lol
Haha your papers are wrong, away to Venezuela you go. lol
Haha Your pregnancy is putting your life in danger, but no doctor will help you. lol
Haha you complained about high prices under biden, but I (Trump) will make them even higher, with no wage compensation. lol
Americans are having a blast with how funny things are now.
/s

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thefartographer 15 points a year ago

Heh *cough* That's a pretty good impression of us.
*cough cough, holds out disposable coffee cup fished from the trash* Got any spare healthcare? I promise I'm gonna use it for drugs!

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Buffalox 5 points a year ago

Oh poor man, of course you can have some spare healthcare, you just have to migrate to get it.

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KingJalopy 6 points a year ago

Sounds expensive. Maybe I can just get a tan and get myself deported?

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FerretyFever0 -18 points a year ago

At least Americans can still shit on England and the French! That's about it though...

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NoForwardslashS 8 points a year ago

Good luck with that. This is like Freedom Fries idiocy x1000.

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FerretyFever0 1 point a year ago

Okay, that's pretty ridiculous. Y'all seemed to take my joke about making fun of the French and English a little seriously. I mean the unserious shitting on. Like the French eating snails. And the fact that beans on toast is a thing.

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NoForwardslashS 2 points a year ago

Beans are delicious, toast is delicious, garlic butter is delicious and snails are a super weird delivery vehicle for that. I guess the French should always be a target.

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Tja 3 points a year ago

Fr*nch, if you don't mind. There could be children reading this!

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aislopmukbang 53 points a year ago

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ViatorOmnium 32 points a year ago

That would be vandalism... but there's probably a section where it would be perfectly legitimate, like "Controversies"

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thefartographer 30 points a year ago

Just add an "In media" section

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XTL 7 points a year ago

Summarise it neatly and add good reference links.

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PlantDadManGuy 11 points a year ago

Be the change you want to see in the world

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ChicoSuave 33 points a year ago

This is the most possible exposure the meme could get. Guaranteed JD saw it. Sucks for the Norwegian but absolutely hilarious that the fascists have to acknowledge unflattering pictures.

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Venus_Ziegenfalle 28 points a year ago

Gonna get this framed

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GreenKnight23 5 points a year ago

when someone says this chapter in history books is going to be wild....this.

this is what I imagine the pages filled with.

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henfredemars 26 points a year ago

I hope this gets its own Wikipedia article.

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Knuschberkeks 7 points a year ago

Be the change you wish to see in the world

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pastermil 21 points a year ago

Great way of spreading the meme, whether or not this is true, I say well played!

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Nastybutler 20 points a year ago

Streisand Effect strikes again

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Etterra 15 points a year ago

Yeah I don't believe their cover story.

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skuzz 4 points a year ago

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bytesonbike 2 points a year ago

Interesting how they always find a convenient scape goat.

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Witchfire 13 points a year ago

Man, all that friction against his couch did a number to his hair

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