It all started with a tweet about a couch. Within hours of Donald Trump announcing the Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate in the presidential race, a rather lurid accusation cropped up on social media.

The user of a since-deleted X account wrote last month, “can’t say for sure but he might be the first vp pick to have admitted in a ny times bestseller to fucking an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions (vance, hillbilly elegy, pp. 179-181).”

The fake page citation from Vance’s bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy lent credibility to what turned out to be a baseless claim, as detailed in a now-removed fact check from the Associated Press. Soon, the internet was awash in memes mocking Vance’s relationship with various pieces of furniture. “I did not have sectional relations,” one X user joked, paraphrasing Bill Clinton’s infamous quote about his extramarital affair. Another user added: “Who hasn’t been excited by the thrill of the chaise?”

Even Kamala Harris’s newly launched presidential campaign appeared to get in on the fun, tweeting: “JD Vance does not couch his hatred for women.”

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[–] 165 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Nothing would be funnier if the Internet destroyed Vance's career over a shit post.

The piece of shit known as JD Vance deserves it.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago

    They literally have built their entire careers on baseless claims that even their followers know are BS, they just chose to believe because they just want to echo their hatred. All of their shit is baseless and they scream it from the rooftops until it sticks. It's just a shit post in a different form. Their entire campaign is a baseless shitpost.

    So fuck it, JD Vance fucks couches and it's fucking WIERD. Let it destroy him. Finally we are fighting fire with fire.

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    [–] 88 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Wait so the couch fucking thing was bullshit? It's just so... specific. Talk about an impressive shitpost.

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, we can't definitively say it didn't happen.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago

    That is almost certainly why the AP fact check was taken down. While it was true that the alleged passage was not in the book as claimed, there is no proof that Vance did not fuck a piece of furniture.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It was always bs, but people on the Internet like spreading lies. I saw some politician go on MSNBC and she brought it up too. It's embarrassing if she believed it and spread it.

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    [–] 69 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    If Trump kicks Vance off the ticket, I'd be interested to see who at this point would be willing to throw in with him. You have to think that list is even shorter now than it was a month ago

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Yeah, dropping this VP after a such a short time, and trying to have his previous one killed, makes you wonder who would want the job.

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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm from central KY and my wife's from Appalachia. I think the entire region would have a massive week long party titled "FUCK JD VANCE FOREVER" if this happened. He's one of the most hated people around here. You even bring up his name and you can see people's heart rates and fury and anger go up even before the ranting begins.

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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Beyond anything else, I think we can agree that's a heck of a headline. British press style is extremely annoying, but every now and then something clicks and makes you wonder if it's all worthy (it isn't).

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    He just did an interview with Oprah this weekend

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The couch thing might be fiction, but he really did google dolphin porn (who cares about his purported reason).

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Lmao, what context did they provide for the dolphin porn search? I mean, I know why I do it, I just wondered what reason they gave.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    He reposted it saying "the Internet was a mistake", probably trying to pass it off as something that just came up when he was scrolling. Think, right wingers ranting about the immorality of big tech, etc. But the screenshot shows he searched for it.

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Trump has no problem dropping people when they aren't doing him any favors. He sure did as president. I wouldn't be shocked if he dropped Vance... but I also don't think it will help him if he does it no matter who else he picks.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    How the actual fuck am I being served an ad for a couch in this thread!?

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Given how much press the sofa is taking, I would not be surprised if Trump ditches Vance for the sofa.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Give it time. Soon enough he'll hire a reputation management company, shave his beard, show up for Dancing on the Stars, then SNL will put him in a sketch as Waluigi.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    He can go to the same bottomless pit fat orange is headed for

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    “You can have a vice-president that is outstanding in every way, and I think JD is, I think all of them would have been, but you’re not voting that way. You’re voting for the president. You’re voting for me.”

    As the oldest presidential candidate in American history, I think it's entirely reasonable to consider the non-trivial chance that his second may need to step in at some point.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't think you can really blame the sofa for being bad at sex. It is an inanimate object.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This would be a perfect thing for Tucker Carlson to just ask questions about. If he wasn’t a huge piece of shit

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