JD Vance on the Pope, DEI, and "White Smoke"

Meeting Pope Francis and Subsequent Death

• 🎙️ JD Vance recounts meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican with his wife, Usha.
• 💀 The day after their meeting, Pope Francis passed away, which Vance humorously notes felt "personal" and like a "message received."
• 💬 Vance jokes about their conversation, including the Pope supposedly calling into Jimmy Dore's show and thanking him for converting to Catholicism.

Terror Attack in India

• 🇮🇳 During a trip to India to visit Usha's family, Vance also met with the President of India.
• 💥 A terror attack occurred in Kashmir while he was there, which Vance attributes to regional disputes over joining Pakistan.
• 🤔 Vance questions the motivations behind the attack, finding the reasons for conflict in Kashmir to be "stupid" and irrelevant to non-American countries.

Speculation on the New Pope

• ⛪ As a recent convert to Catholicism, Vance expresses a desire to "piss off countries again" and pay attention to the selection of the new Pope.
• 🗣️ He adopts a persona of a "weird fanatic" Catholic who believes he should have a say in choosing the Pope.
• 📢 Vance voices concern that the Vatican might make a "DEI hire" by choosing a non-white Pope, suggesting it would be a "woke" Vatican.

Qualifications for Papacy

• 🧐 Vance questions the qualifications of non-white candidates for Pope, asking how they could be as qualified as white candidates.
• ⚪ He asserts that the primary qualification for Pope should be to be white, employing circular logic.
• 📝 Vance plans to prepare a "super-conservative statement" before the white smoke appears, aiming to appeal to "Wahhabi Catholics" and offend moderate Catholics.