Elizabeth Warren Wraps DNC Speech with Trump-Vance Zinger: 'I Wouldn't Trust Those Guys to Move My Couch!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.Photo:Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Elizabeth Warrendoesn’t wantJ.D. Vancenear her couch.

While speaking at theDemocratic National Conventionin support of presidential candidateKamala Harrison Thursday, Aug. 22, Warren, 75, seemingly played into a viral joke about Vance and couches.

“And there it is — groceries, gas, housing, healthcare, taxes, abortion,” Warren said at the podium, making mention of policies that Harris, 59, has been campaigning for.

Elizabeth Warren gets emotional from the thunderous welcome as she walked onto the DNC stage on Aug. 22, 2024.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty

“TrustDonald Trumpand J. D. Vance to look out for your family? Shoot, I wouldn’t let those guys — I wouldn’t trust them to move my couch,” she quipped.

Returning to the topic at hand after her not-so-subtle joke at the DNC, Warren said, “We need Kamala Harris. This election is about your family and your future.”

After Vance was named Trump’srunning mate, false rumors circulated online that there was an entry in Vance’s memoir,Hillbilly Elegy, about him being intimate with a couch. The Associated Press ran a fact-check on the book and found multiple instances of the word “couch,” but none connected to a sexual act.

The AP later retracted their fact-check, saying that the piece “didn’t go through our standard editing process,” permedia website Mediaite.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance at the RNC on July 16, 2024.Jim WATSON/getty

Jim WATSON/getty

Former PresidentBill Clintonwas also present at the DNC the day prior in support of Harris. During his Wednesday, Aug. 21, speech hebriefly focused in on Trump’s age.

“The only personal vanity that I want to assert is that I’m still younger than Donald Trump,” Clinton joked.

Though both former presidents are 78 years old, Clinton turned 78 on Aug. 19, while Trump was born in June.

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Before finishing, Clinton brought up Trump’s tendency to analyze his crowd sizes, saying, “So, we’ve got to ask ourselves the question: Do you want to build a strong economy from the bottom, up, and the middle, out — or do you want to spend the next four years talking about crowd size?”

source: people.com