The Associated Press has deleted an article where they fact-checked a wild claim about Donald Trump‘s VP choice JD Vance.
The wire agency sparked backlash after it published a piece on the Ohio senator Wednesday that was titled, ‘No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch.’
However, by the next day, the AP had removed the article from its archives, with the page address showing it is now unavailable.
A spokesperson for the AP told DailyMail.com on Thursday that the fact-check on Vance did not go through the standard editing process.
The agency said it’s looking into how it was published.
The Associated Press has deleted an article where they fact-checked a wild claim about Donald Trump ‘s VP choice JD Vance
The AP removed the article from its archives, with the page address showing it is now unavailable
The now-deleted article came after memes began circulating on social media repeating a false rumor that claimed Vance wrote about having sex with a couch on his best-selling book Hillbilly Elegy.
High-profile names such as comedienne Kathy Griffin appeared to fall for the fake news, writing: ‘I don’t think we should have a couchf***er as our vice president. That’s just me. Sorry JD.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Associated Press for comment on this story.
The false information reportedly began circulating on X after the now-private account @rickrudescalves wrote: ‘Can’t say for sure but he might be the first VP pick to have admitted in a NY Times bestseller to f***ing an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions.’
The X account then provided a fake reference for the unfounded claim.
