US Vice President JD Vance's address at an event on Tuesday drew widespread ridicule after images of sparsely filled seating circulated, with critics saying voters were increasingly unwilling to support politicians they see as backers of Israel’s wars on Iran and Palestine.
Vance was also heckled at the event by what should have been a supportive and friendly crowd.
Posts shared across multiple platforms showed wide sections of empty seats at a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event inside the Akins Ford Arena in Athens, Georgia, fuelling commentary that attendance was far lower than expected.
Some social media users wrote that Americans were "done listening to Zionists", while others framed the turnout as a sign of growing public fatigue with US military adventurism in the Middle East.