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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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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 166 points 3 months ago (5 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.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 101 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you can be destroyed by an internet meme then your career must've been sofa king bad

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

I settee what you did there. And so does JD Vance.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

Hoho ho ho... Ho ho ho you say FUNNY THING!

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months 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.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 38 points 3 months ago

I just watched John Oliver destroy it again.

Vance's campaign did not deny, on 3 separate occasions, that JD Vance has fucked a couch.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago

Live by the meme, die by the meme.

[–] RandomlyRight@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I hope the Democrats win, but I have to point out that someone being discredited by rumors or misinformation is not suddenly ok just because it’s your side that benefits from it

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

They lie all the time. They lie all day. I'm tired of taking the high road. I will lie about them and laugh about it. The couch thing is hilarious and untrue. The dolphin porn search is hilarious and real.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It's going to happen more than a few times until people learn. Same with deepfakes

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

someone being discredited by rumors or misinformation is not suddenly ok just because it’s your side that benefits from it

I agree, but this rumor is so absurd that anyone who actually believes it is a fucking moron. It's a meme joke that should be no more effective than "let's go Brandon". If it's actually costing him support then he's relying on absolute idiots to support him.