Governor JB Pritzker (D-Ill.) doubled down on his series of digs at Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), amplifying a humiliating rumor Sunday about the Republican vice presidential nominee’s relationship with couches.
The progressive and Possible candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate counted ABC’s “This Week” that the new presumptive Democratic presidential candidate is the “Energizer Bunny” of the campaign, while the former president donald trump and his running mate are “just weird.”
“The things they stand for — Donald Trump, of course, is afraid of windmills and, you know, he talks about all kinds of crazy things,” Pritzker said.
“You know, his running mate, as you’ve probably heard, is becoming known for his obsession with couches and as someone who hides his views on a woman’s right to choose,” he continued. “And then, in general, the attack on people who don’t have children and saying we should raise taxes on people without children and calling them catwomen — I think he apologized to the cats, but he didn’t apologize to the women.”
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the “electorate has been energized” since Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign.
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The governor’s remark about sofas is in reference to a wild rumor on social media about the Ohio senator allegedly writing in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” that he tried to simulate sexual intercourse by wearing a rubber glove between couch cushions as a young man.
On Wednesday, the Associated Press released a fact check on the claim with an unusually blunt headline: “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch.” AP, which has since excluded fact-checking, supposedly I couldn’t find the statement in Vance’s book. In a separate report, The Cut also did not find the complaint.
Pritzker’s decision to stir up the rumor mill from the couch is new, but the progressive has been hounding Vance for days. On Wednesday, the governor told CNN that Vance is the “Donald Trump Mini-Me”, referring to a character from the film “Austin Powers”. He also said Vance had “the worst launch since Sarah Palin,” the former Republican governor of Alaska who served as running mate to the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential elections against former President Barack Obama and his running mate, President Joe Biden.
Pritzker served as a vocal surrogate for the Biden-Harris ticket before the president dropped out of the race a week ago, and Pritzker quickly supported Harris when Biden announced his endorsement of her. Harris’ list of potential running mates includes several governors — especially those from the Midwest — with Pritzker being one of them. The governor remained publicly open to the possibility of being the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee.
