California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) brutally taunted JD Vance over a debunked rumor that the vice chairman humped his sofa as a younger man.
“POOR JD! HIS SWEET BELOVED COUCH NOW COSTS MORE WITH THE TARIFFS!” Newsom’s press workplace snarked Tuesday with an AI video of a chubbier Vance internet hosting a present about couches.
“A design that did not merely support the body, but contained it,” the pretend Vance mentioned.
The potential presidential candidate peddling in AI foolery over one thing that isn’t even true maybe signaled a shift within the deepfake wars.
Defying former first girl Michelle Obama’s “when they go low, we go high” ethos, Newsom answered low with low.
Earlier than the 2024 election, furniture-tryst truthers claimed that in Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” he recounted simulating coitus with a rubber glove sandwiched between sofa cushions.
The assertion gained a lot momentum that The Related Press really revealed a truth examine titled, “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch.”
Newsom’s wild publish got here a day after Trump shared an AI goof of Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) saying, “Look, guys, there’s no way to sugarcoat it. Nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of all of our woke, trans bullshit. Not even Black people want to vote for us anymore. Even Latinos hate us.”
The pretend Schumer, standing by a fake Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sporting a sombrero as mariachi music performs, additionally boasts that “illegal aliens” can’t communicate English, “so they won’t realize we’re just a bunch of woke pieces of shit, you know?”
If this was a return volley for Trump’s bigoted deepfake, it hit its goal. The publish had greater than 2.5 million views by early Wednesday.
As for Trump’s tariffs, they’re no laughing matter.
The president’s levies are devastating farmers, and now he’s planning to impose a 100% tariff on films made exterior the USA.
“You’re already paying more for eggs, coffee, toys, shoes, electricity, furniture, cars, and flights,” Newsom responded on X. “Now, Trump wants to raise taxes to see the movies. PAY MORE AND ENJOY NOTHING. That’s Donald Trump’s America.”
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