Overview
- Posting on X on Dec. 10, the vice president said his 5-year-old repeated “six seven” during a church reading on pages 66–67 and joked about a “narrow exception to the First Amendment” to “ban these numbers forever.”
- The chant traces to rapper Skrilla’s 2025 track and its link to NBA guard LaMelo Ball’s 6'7'' listing, evolving into a call-and-response with a distinctive hand motion among children.
- Teachers report classroom disruptions and, in some cases, have penalized students or assigned explanatory essays as the phrase spread through schools.
- In-N-Out has reportedly removed the number 67 from order tickets after crowds gathered to film the number being called in restaurants.
- Local authorities joined the gag in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where deputies issued fake “tickets” in a social media bit, and coverage widely described Vance’s post as tongue-in-cheek, drawing joking support from parents online.