Tim Walz, speaking to an audience Tuesday for the first time as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, made a sly reference to an embarrassing storyline regarding his Republican counterpart, Sen. J.D. Vance, and a couch.
Joining Harris in Philadelphia, the Minnesota governor told the crowd to an uproar of laughter: “And I got to tell you, I can’t wait to debate the guy—that is, if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up.”
The baseless rumor of Vance’s lewd association with couches began with a post on X that, as a joke, called attention to a nonexistent quotation in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. What compounded the matter for Vance, though, was the Associated Press walking back a fact check stating that Vance did not have sex with his couch. From then on, the memes have been plentiful, and the story has been cheekily alluded to on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.
