Vice President JD Vance hoped to expand his social media presence by creating an account on Bluesky. However, the launch on Wednesday started out stormy, as he was first suspended and then met with outrage from Democrats who consider the platform to be a “safe space” from conservative views.

Bluesky's automated impersonation detection system took down JD Vance's new account, but it was restored soon after.

JD Vance joined Bluesky on Wednesday and was swiftly suspended, prompting furious accusations of bias from his base on X.