An image of JD Vance allegedly dressed as a woman and wearing a blonde wig was posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday. The unconfirmed image quickly picked up steam and began trending under the hashtag #SofaLoren, a reference to the iconic Italian actress Sophia Loren and false claims that the Republican senator had sex with a couch.

Many commenters online connected Vance’s alleged history of cross-dressing with his legislative history—which has long been a point of concern for LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.

The Ohio senator introduced the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” which aims to criminalize medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care to minors.

The Republican vice presidential pick also supports measures to limit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, and labeled critics of so-called “don’t say gay” legislation “groomers.”

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    spokesperson for the Republican vice presidential pick did not deny

    the only thing they can do is ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. saying “no, that’s not vance” will just fan the flames, and saying “yes, that’s vance” leads to the inevitable “if a main portion of your platform is condemning drag queens, then why is a drag queen your pick for VP”

    so they don’t say anything, and hope it goes away on its own, which, if couchfucker memes are any indication, it fucking won’t

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      They can safely ignore it because they know their base only consumes Republican Approved Messaging™ in the form of right wing media propaganda outlets like Fox and Newsmax. So if it isn’t there it doesn’t exist to them.

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      Donald would just deny it. I don’t understand anything about dimwits voting for Donald tho. Is it only Donald because they joined a personality cult that enabled their racism? Or is it a cult of racism and they’ll allow anyone to get away with the things Donald does as long as it assists their bigotry?