J.D. Vance Unloads on Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Jon Ossoff and Abdul El-Sayed in Scathing TikTok Roast

Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a rapid-fire, unfiltered roast of several prominent Democratic figures in a viral TikTok video. The 30-second clip featured Vance giving quick, one-word or short-phrase assessments as names of political figures flashed across the screen.

He bluntly and inaccurately described New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "communist.” Politically, she is a self-described democratic socialist.

Vance brushed off rising Democratic star Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff as simply "lame," in what critics have described as sharp projection.

He called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani "crazy,” and labeled Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed as "odd," in another moment that psychologists would deem as projection.

Vance deemed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as "cranky,” and California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff as "irrelevant."

Democratic Socialists of America chair Megan Romer got a "no comment.”

Vance shifted to a highly complimentary tone when administration colleagues appeared. His boss, President Donald Trump, was given the warm description of "generous.”

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was described as "tough.”

The veep labeled the highly reviled Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller as "hardcore.”

Departing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was praised as "awesome.”

Potential 2028 rival, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was noted for being "funny,” while controversial Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earned the “interesting" label, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was described as “kind.”

Vance’s commentary comes as his own popularity remains net-negative and deeply underwater with the general American public, though he maintains strong support among core conservative base voters.

National trackers place him at negative double-digits. August data from Morning Consult shows his favorability at 43 percent and unfavorable at 46 percent (-3 net), while Echelon Insights shows a steeper deficit at 41 percent favorable to 52 percent unfavorable (-11 net).

Following political blowback over foreign policy handling — specifically, the failed Iran negotiations — his approval rating dropped sharply earlier this year, hitting a net approval low of -18.

While Vance commands the populist wing, his popularity faces a major challenge from Rubio. Emerson College Polling shows the two locked in a statistical neck-and-neck tie for the future of the GOP, with Vance at 39 percent and Rubio at 38 percent among primary voters.

Prominent Vance critics have called the 42-year-old “plastic,” “hypocritical” and “weird”—a term originally popularized by Democrats during the 2024 campaign and continually echoed by cultural critics reviewing his political shifts.

The veep has also been described as “creepy,” “petty,” and, according to The Guardian columnist Margaret Sullivan, “loony.”

"Vance has no fixed political identity. He is a man without a core, a vessel waiting to be filled by whatever ideological currents happen to be prevailing at the moment,” wrote New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie.