J.D. Vance calls Kamala Harris a “childless cat lady” are going viral

Why JD Vance’s 2021 comments calling Kamala Harris a ‘childless cat lady’ are going viral

People are giving insights about their lives as so-called cat ladies

Online women without children are reminding Sen. JD Vance of a previous interview, despite his current position as Donald Trump’s running mate.

During an interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox in July 2021, Vance expressed his opinion that the United States is being governed by individuals who do not have children, referring to them as “childless cat ladies” who impose their unhappiness on the nation and lack a personal investment in the government due to their lack of offspring.

Vance, a father of three, mentioned Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg by their names.

The interview regained attention following Harris’ emergence as a possible Democratic presidential candidate following Joe Biden’s exit from the race. Individuals without children are now highlighting the interview on social platforms.

What exactly did JD Vance say about cat ladies?

In the interview on Fox, he said, “We are effectively run in this country, via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by 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. And it’s just a basic fact if you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC — the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children. And how does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it.”

Vance then proposed that “if we want a healthy ruling class in this country, we should invest more, we should vote more, we should support more people who actually have kids. Because those are the people who ultimately have a more direct stake in the future of this country.”

When he found himself on blast for his comments, Vance said that he likely “struck a nerve.”

“I mean, these people recognize that they’re unhappy. They’re living in one-bedroom apartments in New York City. They’ve played their entire lives to win a status game. They’re obsessed with their jobs,” he said, claiming that they “hate normal Americans for choosing family.”

Vance added that this group of people would be “happier coming home to a smiling kid” than “worrying about their crappy job.”

The reactions to JD Vance’s ‘cat lady’ remarks have varied among different groups of people.

Jennifer Aniston openly criticized J.D. Vance’s revived 2021 statement, in which he referred to politicians like Vice President Kamala Harris as “childless cat ladies.”

The actress shared a video clip of Vance’s interview with Tucker Carlson on her Instagram Story last Wednesday. She highlighted Vance’s history of restricting access to fertility treatments in her post.

“I truly can’t believe this is coming from a potential VP of The United States. All I can say is…Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day. I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option. Because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”

Jennifer Aniston, who rarely makes political statements, responds to @JDVance’s comments about “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives.”

“I truly can't believe this is coming from a potential VP of The United States. All I can say is…Mr. Vance, I pray that… pic.twitter.com/oNOJw3xtY0

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 25, 2024

“When you accidentally let your billionaire funder-talk slip out on TV, you say things like ‘a healthy ruling class,’” Ocasio-Cortez wrote at the time.

“JD Vance ‘has espoused traditional views of marriage and the role of women in the workplace. He has called Democratic leaders ‘childless cat ladies. As if being a childless cat lady is a bad thing?” one X user wrote, along with a picture of a cat standing in a plant looking up at the camera.

JD Vance "has espoused traditional views of marriage and the role of women in the workplace. He has called Democratic leaders 'childless cat ladies.'

As if being a childless cat lady is a bad thing? pic.twitter.com/Ax0ZLAQLCc

— lisasorg (@lisasorg) July 16, 2024

Member of the Florida House of Representatives Anna Eskamani wrote on X, “As a childless cat lady I have a huge stake in America and am not miserable but thanks for your concern, Vance.”

One person didn’t feel Vance gave enough representation to all the childless pet owners in America, sharing, “I take offense to JD Vance’s ‘childless cat lady’ comment for its erasure of us childless dog ladies.”

According to Capitoneshirt