Vice President JD Vance reflected on his past comment about ‘childless cat ladies’ in his new book ‘Communion’, calling it ‘one of the dumbest things I ever said’. In 2021, Vance made the comment on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’, stating that the country is run by ‘a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made’.

Context of the Comment

Vance pointed to then-Vice President Kamala Harris, then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., declaring that ‘the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children’. However, it was noted that Harris has two adult stepchildren, and Buttigieg has adopted two children.

Vance addressed his controversial comment in his book, acknowledging that it was ‘enraging’ and ‘had the added effect of distracting from the actual point I wanted to make, which was that our society is becoming pathologically hostile to having kids’. He recognized that he ‘could have made that point much more effectively, and with the benefit of showing a little charity to the many Americans who — some for reasons beyond their control — don’t have children’.

As a Catholic, Vance noted that ‘when I consider the Church’s admonition to respect the dignity of every life, this was a clear moment where I failed’. He has since become vice president, after winning the election to the U.S. Senate in 2022 and being tapped as then-former President Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024.

Original reporting: Fox News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.