Although JD Vance made several highly controversial statements throughout Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, none garnered quite as much fury as his infamous “childless cat lady” comment back in 2021.
Speaking to Fox News during his Ohio Senate run, he proclaimed that the country was in shambles because people had handed the reins over to Democrats, corporate billionaires, and “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too,” (viaYouTube).
The “Hillbilly Elegy” author doubled down on the offensive statement by insinuating that high-profile Democrats like Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weren’t genuinely concerned about the future of the country because they didn’t have kids.
Usha Vance felt the divisive statement wasn’t that serious
Speaking to Fox News in July, the controversial politician argued, “He grew up in a very interesting family situation, and he feels family is good.
And I don’t think there’s anything wrong in saying that,” per theBBC.Ultimately, though, it seems like JD is the only one who wished he had done things slightly differently.
In an October interview with theNew York Times, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author acknowledged that hindsight had enabled him to understand that he should have chosen his words more carefully.
Thus, he took another stab at the topic, warning, “Our country has become almost pathologically anti-child.”
To further make his point, JD admitted that he couldn’t understand why people didn’t want to bring a child into this world because they feared their future with climate change on the horizon.
However, he also confusingly stated that he could empathize with those who chose not to have kids for “social reasons.”
