Washington DC - Vice President recently made his debut on the Bluesky social media platform, only to be briefly banned after sharing his first post.

On Wednesday afternoon, Vance , sarcastically writing:

"Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you."

His post included a screenshot of an opinion from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was recently part of a 6-3 majority ruling that bans gender-affirming care for minors.

The VP described the opinion as "quite illuminating," pointing out specifically how Thomas argues "our so-called 'experts' have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth."

He went on to further claim that those same scientists "are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids," before asking: "What do you think?"

Within 12 minutes, Vance's account was banned from the platform, before being reinstated.

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Bluesky was created by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. It was launched in February 2023, a few months after far-right billionaire bought Twitter, which he eventually rebranded as X.

Bluesky has since become something of a left wing alternative to X, where Musk has allowed far-right accounts to run rampant.

"Vice President Vance's account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts which have targeted public figures like him in the past," Bluesky said in a statement to .

"The account was quickly restored and verified, so people can easily confirm its authenticity. We welcome the Vice President to join the conversation on Bluesky."