JD Vance under fire for "childless cat ladies" comments about women

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Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, is doubling down on remarks he made in 2021 about "childless cat ladies" running the country that sparked backlash this week.

Vance made the remarks in 2021 on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris, now the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, as one of the “childless cat ladies” running the nation who “want to make the rest of the country miserable too." 

The Ohio Republican added, "If you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children.”

Vance told Kelly in Friday's interview, “It’s not a criticism of people who don’t have children. I explicitly said in my remarks ... this is not about criticizing people who for various reasons don’t have kids. This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child.”

Vance also accused the media of wanting "to attack me and [wanting] me to back down," before adding that "what this is fundamentally about [is] the Democrats in the past five to 10 years, Megyn, they have become anti-family."

Vance's 2021 remarks resurfaced this week and quickly drew criticism from celebrities, politicians and members of Harris' family. Some of the criticism drew comparisons between Vance's "childless" comments and his stance on abortion rights and reproductive health care.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vance-doubles-childless-cat-ladies-dig-got-nothing-cats-rcna163857

 

[Rat Boy 43,832]

He is NOT brat

[artdoll 47,164]

Anti-family in what sense? Also what even is "anti-family"?  -- allowing people to have abortions? allowing women to have say over their own autonomy? what's "anti-family" in any capacity is not being able to afford to have children (or even pets soon enough) due to capitalism and many people barely being able to care for themselves.

[Purrrrrr 18,101]

48 minutes ago, Rat Boy said:

He is NOT brat

so not Julia

[Ivy 13,723]

His comments are so gross and disrespectful 

On the other hand swifties have been excited to vote against him because of this so 

[River 127,556]

2 hours ago, Ivy said:

His comments are so gross and disrespectful 

On the other hand swifties have been excited to vote against him because of this so 

will the swifties become the anti-hero.mp3 and do one good thing in their damned lives and vote for Kamala and save us all?

[Zaskar 4,027]

Having children is not women’s duty. It’s their choice.

[Monstermilo 5,473]

how much we wanna bet hes an absent father who just wants to force people to subscribe to his way of living 

[Future Lovers 7,616]

24 minutes ago, River said:

will the swifties become the anti-hero.mp3 and do one good thing in their damned lives and vote for Kamala and save us all?

From the day she announced her campaign they have been leading voting registration projects and organizing voting resources for younger fans who're going to be voting for the first time. 

At the moment we don't believe Taylor is going to be doing an endorsement for Harris like she did for Biden  until the tour comes back to America in October both because October is when she did it last time and because she'll be touring in some important states shortly before the election so the message will carry a little better. 

Beyond just Taylor, I do hope that celebrity endorsements get saved until closer to the election itself, or if they do it earlier, then repeat them loudly, clearly, and visibly close to that time. I think it's absolutely amazing that so many came out in support of her now, but we really, really need those voices saying something when we're actually near election day too because I've no doubt there's gonna be a lot that happens between now and then. Three months is an eternity in politics. 

[Addison Rae 18,095]

he’s just a horrible person. and there’s christians out there that will still blindly support and follow him and trump even though he goes against fundamentalist values of christianity every time they open their mouths. 

[RebeldeFaith 5,759]

Anti what kind of family? Because the Democrats are the ones advocating for diverse families, and inclusivity in family spaces. 

[Bronco 25,148]

Its like they are trying to provoke Taylor Swift at this point. 

Crazy how Biden withdrawing has sent them into a desperate death spiral 

[SharkmanthaC 115,047]

As people should be upset about this. I think Jennifer Aniston's response is perfect for my feelings about it.

[JoeCool 1,010]

I would not consider myself a liberal.

 

That said JD's comments were ignorant and tone deaf.  Even if he didn't mean it about women in general.