After Donald Trump announced J.D. Vance as his Vice Presidential pick during the Republican National Convention, a bizarre and baseless rumor involving a couch quickly stole the spotlight, even outshining an assassination attempt on Trump. The rumor originated from a viral tweet that falsely claimed Vance admitted to a scandalous act in his book 'Hillbilly Elegy'. Despite the Associated Press debunking the claim, the rumor spread rapidly online, generating widespread memes and reactions. The AP later retracted its fact-check article, acknowledging that it bypassed their standard editing process.
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00:00When Donald Trump announced J.D. Vance as his running mate, it wasn't long before a bizarre rumor involving a couch
00:07overshadowed the political news, trending even higher than the assassination attempt on Trump himself.
00:12During the Republican National Convention in early July, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce his running mate, writing,
00:19After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others,
00:23I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D.
00:29Vance of the great state of Ohio.
00:31Since Vance received the official Vice President nomination, numerous controversies surrounding the politician have popped back up.
00:38But none have gone as viral as the couch rumor, a false accusation that, according to Google Trends,
00:44was searched more than Trump's assassination attempt during the month of July.
00:47The rumor was allegedly started when ex-user at Rick Rude Scalves shared a tweet on July 15th,
00:53writing,
01:07This tweet quickly went insanely viral, sparking a barrage of memes and reactions online.
01:12The Associated Press famously fact-checked the claims and ultimately found there was no talk of couch debauchery in Hillbilly Elegy.
01:19In an article titled,
01:24The article has since been taken down, as AP wrote in an official statement,