Did JD Vance post a message on his X account saying he is looking for legal options to avoid being the one who swears Abdul El-Sayed into office? No, that's not true: The vice president did not post the message on his X account, and a search of his account for the quote returned no matching posts. Lead Stories found no reports from established news outlets of him making the comment.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by the @Suzierizzo1 account on X on Nov. 8, 2026. It read:
Oh no poor little J.D is afraid to to [sic] swear in Abdul El-Sayed because he knows that Abdul won't take his shit and will shut him down at the door and make him look stupid. It has nothing to do with disrespect because J.D is the one that has disrespected Abdul and Muslims.
This is what the image attached to the post looked like on X at the time of publication:
(Image source: post by @Suzierizzo1 on X.)
This is what the message looked like on X at the time of publication:
(Image source: post by @Suzierizzo1 on X.)
The text in the image, which appeared to be a post by Vance, read:
I'm looking at every legal option to avoid being the one who swears Abdul El-Sayed into office. After the level of disrespect he's shown me he can't seriously expect me to stand there and do him that honor.
Lead Stories searched X and Vance's account (archived here) for the quote and did not find any matching results:
(Image source: search on X.)
Had Vance made such a statement, would likely have been reported by established news outlets. Lead Stories searched Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) and did not find any matching results.
