JD Vance Gets a Big 2028 Endorsement

I’m not a big believer in celebrity endorsements but they must be worth something because Democrats seem to lean into them every four years. This week, Vice President Vance picked up a pretty big one from an unexpected source.

It started with a tweet from rapper Nicki Minaj. She sent out this one word tweet (“Mood”) which included an embedded video of President Trump dancing.

Mood https://t.co/stGjWqvRCi

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 9, 2025

And then she posted this next tweet, which later got deleted. 

Minaj posts Vance as CHUCKY pic.twitter.com/EKgxtNvbx9

— RT (@RT_com) December 11, 2025

RT actually got this wrong. Minaj wasn’t comparing Vance to Chucky. Chucky seems to be her own alter ego on X. She’s posted a bunch of tweets with images of Chucky. “Vance > Rants” was apparently a comparison of JD Vance and Kamala Harris.

In any case, JD Vance (or someone working for him) quickly commented on the tweet adding “Nicki>Cardi.”

Nicki>Cardi https://t.co/LlbijpnwcD

— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 11, 2025

That’s a reference to an ongoing social media beef between Minaj and rival rapper Cardi B. Cardi B has been a frequent Trump critic. So, before Minaj deleted her tweet it looked like this:

Vice President of the United States of America JD Vance declares Nicki Minaj is better than Cardi B pic.twitter.com/n8pZ0NKITy

— Akademiks TV (@AkademiksTV) December 11, 2025

Then, on Thursday, Minaj put up another tweet comparing Vance and Gavin Newsom. Why those two? Well, obviously, they are rivals now in some sense but more importantly they are likely to be squaring off in the 2028 presidential election.

The Vance > The Gav Nots

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 11, 2025

She also vouched for Vance’s character and intelligence. Have I mentioned that she has 25.5 million followers on X?

Nothing brings me joy like the Vance memes & knowing he leaned into it like a boss

Top Tier Comedy

Character = 100

But make no mistake, Vance is an assassin. Don’t debate him. On anything. Quick as a computer. Maybe quicker.

He’s the best blend I’ve ever seen of us&them pic.twitter.com/6dpSKljsNT

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 11, 2025

The Trump War Room account then piggybacked on that with this silly video of the Vance meme dancing.

https://t.co/zV4oXn3ZS9 pic.twitter.com/5HDrpnDbl4

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 11, 2025

Today, she tweeted out another attack on Gavin Newsom, referencing something he said about trans people.

Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Normal adults wake up & think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids.

Not Gav

The Gav Nots

GavOUT

Send in the next guy, I’m bored. pic.twitter.com/627bIhbD1j

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 12, 2025

I’m not 100% sure which clip she’s reacting to but it could have been this one which was circulating on Wednesday and Thursday:

Gavin Newscum gushes about how he wants to see the gender mutilation of children.

NEWSOM: “I want to see trans kids… There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have.” pic.twitter.com/KqL0dED1s2

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 10, 2025

She’s still not done yet.

Gavin is the cute boy who got everything handed to him b/c of how cute & sexy & hot & smoking he was. Oohhh look @‘m. Sitting there in that suit with the sneakers on. He thinks he’s Tom Cruise only difference is, his next mission IS impossible. He should get another leading role pic.twitter.com/4xPt7BrO1L

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 12, 2025

And one more aimed at Gavin:

Oh Gavvy pooh, it only gets worse from here for you, buddy.

It’s the end of the road for you, my love.

Get on the nearest jet ski & let that beautiful hair blow in the wind.

It will make you happier than this race that you will not win. Enjoy life. Peace. pic.twitter.com/XYHGPnhEo9

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 12, 2025

Followed by a retweet of another video of Minaj and the Vance meme dancing.

Heyyyyyyy https://t.co/N71kwEQLvd

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) December 12, 2025

Does any of this matter? Well, not to me it doesn’t. I don’t think I could name a Nicky Minaj song and that’s not a diss aimed at her, I just haven’t listened to much rap since about 1990. But obviously she is a very big figure in the rap world. One of the biggest in fact.

.@NICKIMINAJ remains the #1 most-listened-to female rapper globally, skyrocketing to 258 million monthly listeners on YouTube Music (+1M).
— With this surge, the undisputed Queen of Rap surpasses Dr. Dre to become the second most-streamed rapper overall. pic.twitter.com/0tPGssL8lI

— BlackMedia (@BlackMedia___) December 2, 2025

She’s the biggest streaming female rapper on Spotify with over 40 billion streams. So it does seem possible she could have some impact on people.

Of course connecting with rap stars hasn’t always ended well for Republicans but for the moment JD Vance seems to have picked up a big 2028 endorsement.

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