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Fox host demands video of JD Vance having sex with a couch

Instead of just ignoring the jokes, Fox is upping the ante.
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Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s God & Country Breakfast on Thursday morning at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee during the fourth day of the Republican National Convention. Mandatory Credit:
Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s God & Country Breakfast on Thursday morning at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee during the fourth day of the Republican National Convention. Mandatory Credit: Photo: Mike De Sisti / USA TODAY NETWORK

Fox host Jesse Watters demanded video of Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), having sex with a couch on his show last night.

For those who have not been following the jokes and memes, there is no reason to believe that Vance ever had sex with a couch. But that hasn’t stopped the idea from spreading like wildfire on social media this past week, with people who know very well that there is no evidence that Vance had sex with a couch having a good time making jokes as if there is proof that he did.

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It started on July 15 when someone on X said they remembered Vance recounting a story of putting “an inside-out latex glove… between two couch cushions” in his book, Hillbilly Elegy, pages 179 to 181. Such a story does not appear on those pages or in that book.

The joke might have been quickly forgotten if the Associated Press hadn’t published a fact check on the claim with the title “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch” and then deleted the article shortly afterwards because it “did not go through our standard editing process.” Now, links to that fact-check article go to a page with a “Page unavailable” message.

In what could only be a result of the “Streisand Effect” – when someone powerful tries to stifle a story but, in doing so, ends up making it go viral and get much more attention than it otherwise would have – X and other social media platforms lit up with jokes about Vance having sex with a couch last week.

The memes got so much attention that late night comedian Jon Oliver joined in this weekend and even called the Trump-Vance campaign to try to get someone to deny it (he has not spoken on the matter).

He did not get a no, Oliver insisted.

All this was enough to get Fox News to put it on primetime. Watters brought it up last night, saying it’s a way to “distract us” from Vice President Kamala Harris’s record.

“They’re accusing J.D. Vance of having sex with a couch,” Watters said sternly. “Not on a couch. With a couch.”

“We don’t buy the hoaxes and believe the hype anymore,” he continued. “Our eyes are wide open. And if you’re gonna accuse someone of having sex with a couch, you better have video.” He then brought on a guest to discuss whether Harris has a chance at winning the election in November without further explaining his request for the video.

As that clip of Watters demanding video gets more attention on social media – if for nothing other than as proof that the couch jokes bother some people on the right – the joking will likely intensify.

Here are some more jokes about Vance and couches from the past week.

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