ArmInfo. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called out Vice President JD Vance's deletion of his X (Twitter) post acknowledging the Armenian Genocide during his visit to Armenia's Genocide Memorial, calling it a "disgraceful surrender to Turkish pressure" that raises serious concerns among Armenian American voters heading into the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential race.
After Vice President Vance visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on Tuesday, February 10th, the @VP X (formerly Twitter) account posted: "Today, Vice President Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance attended a wreath laying ceremony at the Armenian Genocide memorial to honor the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide." That tweet was soon deleted and replaced with a retweet of VP Press Secretary Taylor Van Kirk's post that stripped all reference to the Armenian Genocide, instead stating, euphemistically: ".@VP and @SLOTUS lay flowers at the eternal flame and sign the guest book on the final day of their visit to Armenia."
"Turkey never tires of humiliating America," stated ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "This time, forcing a sitting U.S. Vice President to delete his post about the Armenian Genocide. While it's no surprise to see Turkey still strong-arming global leaders to enforce its Armenian Genocide gag-rule, it is deeply troubling to witness Vice President Vance - a man who loudly proclaims solidarity with Christian victims of persecution - display such weakness in the face of this foreign pressure."
The White House @RapidResponse47 X (formerly Twitter) account also deleted a post featuring a reporter's question to Vice President Vance in Yerevan about the importance of his visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial. Vice President Vance offered an evasive response: "@VP: Well, we're going to visit some important sites to Azerbaijan tomorrow: I'm the first Vice President to ever visit Armenia. They asked us to visit the site: I wanted to go and pay my respects."
ANCA Policy Director Alex Galitsky called the second post deletion "an insult to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide - and an affront to a community that fought tirelessly for decades to ensure recognition of that crime."
It's worth noting that Joe Biden became the first American president to recognize the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide after it was recognized by Congress and the Senate. Until April 24, 2021, the US leadership avoided such a designation to avoid damaging relations with Ankara. However, according to the head of the White House, the issue is not about blaming Turkey, but rather reaffirming a historical fact. In 2019, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress voted for a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
US President Ronald Reagan, in his proclamation of April 22, 1981, officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, placing it alongside the Holocaust and the Cambodian genocide. In his statement, he emphasized the need to remember the lessons of history to ensure such crimes against humanity are not repeated.
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