Still deeply mired in false rumors that he wrote about diddling a couch in Hillbilly Elegy, Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance is now dogged by a much more substantive claim that he searched out a video of a dolphin thrusting atop a woman on Twitter / X.

The claim began circulating today when a screenshot of Vance's posting history drew the attention of Twitter users. On February 17th, Vance tweeted a screenshot of a tweet posted by the account @CrazyClipsOnly that shows a dolphin leaping out of the water in an effort to try and hump a woman in a swimsuit.

The woman laughs about the scene while it's happening, and the whole incident lasts a few seconds before the dolphin retreats back into the water. The clip is captioned, "Woman gets violated by a dolphin and enjoys it."

One may notice that the words "woman" and "dolphin" are in bold on J.D. Vance's tweet. This indicates that he searched the words "woman" and "dolphin" on Twitter, came across the tweet from @CrazyClipsOnly, screenshotted it, and then used it for his own tweet.

At this point, we cannot confirm that Vance searched "dolphin" and "woman" specifically to find this video, nor if he actually took the screenshot — it's possible it was copied from another location.

Still, with most people finally recognizing the "couch cushion" rumor was a hoax, it seems the internet is eager to spread the next potential "J.D. Vance pervert" story, so currently, it's running with "J.D. Vance Looks Up Sexual Interspecies Videos On Twitter Dot Com."

ok why the hell is this trending on tiktok right now pic.twitter.com/cnnkDAYqhh

— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) July 26, 2024

In potentially related news, Polymarket has currently listed the odds that Vance gets replaced as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee at 12 percent as the rumor continues spreading.