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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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[–] expr@programming.dev 88 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 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.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We can only really say for sure that he didn't write about it in his book. But have we checked everything he ever wrote?

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Has he ever specifically stated that he has not had sectional relations?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

No, but he did state that his hardwood sofa is an inanimate object and thus consent is not something he'd have to worry about

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 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.

[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

It's only proper: Faux had been hyping 'immigrant crime' and every Trump positive, Biden negative bullshit they can. Spreading bullshit & lies? Republican marching orders. Pogram against Democracy. Putin smiles.

It's about as true as the idea that Kamala isn't really black or that Biden is the head of a crime family.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Some random dude tweeted it and it got passed around. The original tweet was deleted because they realized it was getting taken seriously.

[–] Dramaking37@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Wait until you find the dolphin thing

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

The account posted the Arthur go in the Internet and tell lies meme like 10 minutes after, but the Internet had a meme, and the Internet wanted to keep that meme.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bullshit that he did not get consent from the couch.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

How old was that couch anyway?

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

That's how culture jamming works. Talk about shot that don't matter just LEAVE NESTLÉ ALONE