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.”
So, how does people chanting that mean that Trump tried to have him killed???
And? Like I told that person, you’re pointing to a hearsay article where three people say that another person told them that he seemed to support the idea. It’s the same type of story the girl gave about Trump lunging at the Secret Service inside the Presidential limo, which we know to be false now. So I assume that’s what you’re calling proof?
You have a serious case of confirmation bias, only believing what you wanna believe when it suits you. Your history has plenty to back that assessment … https://reddthat.com/post/21896576