A cultural trend with absolutely no meaning is driving Vice President JD Vance nuts – along with countless other parents and teachers across the nation.
Vance posted on X about his hatred for the viral “6 7” trend, which even disrupted his worship at church Sunday.
“Yesterday at church the Bible readings started on page 66-67 of the missal, and my 5-year-old went absolutely nuts repeating ‘six seven’ like 10 times,” Vance, posted Tuesday on X, before joking about the First Amendment’s right to free speech.
The veep continued, “And now I think we need to make this narrow exception to the first amendment and ban these numbers forever.”
Yesterday at church the Bible readings started on page 66-67 of the missal, and my 5-year-old went absolutely nuts repeating “six seven” like 10 times. And now I think we need to make this narrow exception to the first amendment and ban these numbers forever.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 10, 2025
As reported in the Independent, the trend does have an origin story, even though its start does not explain the overwhelming widespread popularity of the numbers.
“67” comes from rapper Skrilla’s song “Doot Doot (6 7),” which refers to a 6-foot-7-inch basketball player. The term skyrocketed to internet fame through viral videos and memes featuring NBA player LaMelo Ball.
While it technically does not mean anything, “67” has been known to be repeated and sometimes echoed in a call-and-response pattern among young people. The phrase has become inescapable and was even named the 2025 Word of the Year.
Some teachers have banned the slang from their classrooms due to its ability to provide meaningless distractions.
“I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I’ve dealt with all sorts of slang – nothing has driven me crazier than this one,” Adria Laplander, a sixth-grade language arts teacher in Michigan, told Today.
