Joe Scarborough and co-host Jonathan Lemire ridiculed Vice President JD Vance on Morning Joe after a viral video showed a sparsely attended Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia, and mocked his warning to Pope Leo XIV as the act of a man who "converted to Catholicism last week." The event that became a punchline Footage showed multiple rows of empty seats inside Akins Ford Arena in Athens. A viral video from MS NOW reporter Jake Traylor described the venue as "less than 25 percent filled" during Vance's speech. The Associated Press also noted a "mostly empty arena.