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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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[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 months 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

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ted Cruz? He seems enough like Grima Wormtongue to do it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago

Ted Cruz would do it, he's spineless enough to do anything Trump wanted him to do.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There’s plenty of crazy for him to pick from. Vance was probably the least crazy of the crazy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

What a basket of deplorables.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

He still has time to go with the puppy murderer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Tim Scott would do so many terrible things to take that spot. Horrible, degrading things.