hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's up with JD Vance and couches??message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down17
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat's up with JD Vance and couches??hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·3 months agoThere was a fake story that he wrote about humping a couch in his book, Hillbilly Elegy. It’s been completely debunked, but people still talk about it because it’s funny.
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·3 months agoTheres more to it. AP published a fact check titled something like “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch”. Later they took this down because they were unable confirm he did not have sex with a couch, only that he did not say so in his book. As you can guess, this added a lot of fuel to the fire.
minus-squareEllia Plissken@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agonow there’s a new one that it was in the first edition and removed from later editions. also made up as far as I can tell
There was a fake story that he wrote about humping a couch in his book, Hillbilly Elegy.
It’s been completely debunked, but people still talk about it because it’s funny.
Theres more to it. AP published a fact check titled something like “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch”.
Later they took this down because they were unable confirm he did not have sex with a couch, only that he did not say so in his book.
As you can guess, this added a lot of fuel to the fire.
now there’s a new one that it was in the first edition and removed from later editions. also made up as far as I can tell