Vance under fire for 'childless cat ladies' comment

Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance is facing controversy for previous comments that seem to imply people without children should not hold office. NBC's Allie Raffa looks at Vance's response and how Democrats are using those remarks.

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[vjimenez]

“I have nothing against cats.”
Bro apologetic to the cats but not to the childless women 💀💀💀💀

[davidjduggan]

People without children pay local taxes for schools that they do not have anyone attending. Maybe only people with children should pay those taxes and the more children then more taxes. Why are childless people subsidizing other peoples children's education. Explain that.

[jamess]

Like it or not raising a family is a genuine life changing experience that is a characteristic many see as important in their leaders. It is not so say those who are childless are not good people or can’t contribute to society - but being elected a leader (especially president) is very competitive. If you have the choice - many would chose someone with that life experience. I certainly would.

[ChichimaDraws]

These guys that say this stuff sound like they're jealous of the cats

[WendyTarpley]

I agree! If you don't have children, you shouldn't count yourself an expert on children's health or education!

[johnw]

Nothing tops calling trump hitler 😅😅😅😅😅these people such hypocrites

[dskinner]

If the GOP is so concerned about children, and future generations, they should reconsider their policies on climate change, health care, education, pollution, affordable housing, and economic inequality.

[jtr]

Inflation Inflation you can count on NBC not to care about what on people minds.

[nancyj]

Democrats calling Trump "Hitler" seems a bit more controversial.

[Wazboom]

Wait so the people who celebrate killing babies are offended for being called out for not having kids? Crazy cat ladies gonna be crazy

[richardmeyers]

I believe it was a Stanford University study over 10 years that studied the origin of the stories of the crazy cat ladies that found there is an enzyme in cat feces, that if ingested by humans it can cause schizophrenia in them. If you have a cat and a litter box in your house and you allow your cat to walk on your kitchen counters, the dinner table, or on the pillows of yours or your children's bed. You or someone in your familey could ingest the enzyme and actually become a crazy schizophernic person with a cat.

[fantasiesdeepdark-fs]

the combination of 3 harmless words has dramatically triggerred a certain group of people😂

[innocentrage]

Also what about nuns? Nuns dont have kids. Dont call yourself a Christian.

[kristahutchinson]

I just ran across a post on FB where most of the women were happy they didn’t have children especially now, due to the election outcome and otherwise found their sense of family with their cats or dogs… so JD, you were spot on…. childless cat ladies

[daniellewilliams]

If he thinks people without children can’t make decisions about children, maybe men should not decide what women can do with their womb.

[lastjob]

While scrolling I saw this title and instantly thought of Don Lemon. He made a comment about an older woman being "past her prime", and he lost his job.

[JosieB]

I am that crazy childless cat woman and will be voting for the 2 guys that didn’t have their hands out (or under the table) to make their money. For the 2 guys that love this country so much that they are willing to put themselves out there to be ridiculed, blasted with hatred and yes both of them have been almost killed by gunfire for our country. For the 2 guys that see the path of destruction this country has been on for the pass four years. For me the slinging of words means nothing compared to the action to Make AMERICA Great once again.

[renatecox]

I hear JD Dunce putting down women who have no children. I do not hear him talk about men who never had a child? What does he have to say about that? He needs to keep his mouth shut on things that are not his business. What lf his children decide de needs t to have any of their own in their future? Does that mean they are less than? His wife needs to set him straight.

[phylis]

A little distasteful cruelty? Fits them - bizarre.

[clausiusuf]

Funny how democrats aren’t talking about the economy, immigration, funding two wars, running a coup to remove the candidate people voted for in the dem primary, etc. but yeah, Trump and JD are weird. And they had to go back to 2021 to find a comment JD made about Karen’s in Congress. Haha. Good luck with that campaign strategy….