The nation wants to know: Who explained the JD Vance couch joke to Governor Tim Walz? His daughter, Hope, perhaps? Because it was by far the best dad joke Iâve ever heard in an election cycle.
In case you missed it, during his first speech as a VP candidate in Philadelphia, Walz cracked, âI gotta tell ya, I canât wait to debate the guy [Vance].â Pause for effect. âThat is if heâs willing to get off the couch and show up!â This appeared to be a sly reference to the online joke that Vance once had sex with a couch. (He didnât, as far as we know.)
But is Americaâs dad really online enough to know about the couch thing? Maybe he learned about it from his actual daughter, Hope.
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In a video shared on TikTok, a reporter actually asked Hopeâwho was wearing the Chappell Roanâinspired Harris-Walz hatâif she was the one to tell her dad the couch joke. Notably, Hope doesnât confirm or deny; she just makes a zipped-lip motion and waves away the question.
I mean, it wouldnât be the first time Tim Walz took his daughterâs advice on something. When describing his evolved stance on gun control, Walz told the Star Tribune that after the school shooting at Parkland in 2018, his daughter asked him to do something about it. âHope woke up like many of you did five weeks ago and said, âDad, youâre the only person I know who is in elected office. You need to stop whatâs happening with this.â Iâll take my kick in the butt from the NRA. I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt, and I gave [the NRA] the money back,â he said.
Hope Walz may not convince her dad to go vegetarian anytime soon, but I fully believe she could have influenced the couch joke.
