
OPINION: News media tells me that in 2021 a video clip emerged in which JD Vance (Trump’s running mate and potential VP) described Kamala Harris and other Democrats as “a bunch of childless cat ladies… miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made”. I think he meant “miserable in their own lives”. I think that’s better grammar but what he said is wrong from two perspectives: factually and morally.
The Vice President has two stepchildren, Ella and Cole, with her husband Doug Emhoff. So, JD Vance got that wrong and to use the term ‘cat lady’ as a form of insult is cheap and nasty. It also tells us a bit more about JD Vance’s mentality. He sounds misogynistic to me. Using the term ‘cat lady’ as an insult is misogynistic as far as I am concerned. And he might dislike cats too. An unattractive man as he is also a declared Christian but his actions do not follow his faith.
In saying what he said he is being nasty to millions of cat ladies all over America and the rest of the world. It is conjuring up a stereotypical image of an older lady living at home with her cats but with no human friends or associates. This does not apply in any way or sense to Kamala Harris.
And if it did it would still be wrong. You can’t turn the phrase “cat lady” into a derogatory and insulting phrase. It’s unfair and misogynistic (hard word to spell 😉). Cat ladies are lovely people. They probably live alone by choice and are happy to do so. They love cats. Normally, they take care of their cats well.
Often cat ladies in America do voluntary TNR work. They help animal welfare. They provide a service to the community. They are good women. They are good people. You can’t use them as a form of criticism. That’s immoral.
JD Vance said that it is “just a basic fact” [that the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children]. It is not a fact for the reason mentioned regarding Kamala Harris and JD Vance also mentions Mr Buttigieg as being childless when he was not at the time that JD Vance made the comment because he and his husband adopted infant twins in September 2021.
Kamala Harris’s daughter, Ella, defended and praised her mother on social media by saying: “I love my three parents.” And she shared a post by the former wife of Kamala Harris’s husband, Kerstin, in which she said, “How can you be childless when you have cutie pie kids like Cole and I?”
Sidebar: Jennifer Aniston has weighed in on JD Vance’s remarks. She has rebuked the Republican vice president nominee. The Times reports on this and they provide the full JD Vance quote which is as follows:
“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 they’ve made, and so want to make the rest of the country miserable to. It’s just a basic fact, you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC [Alexandria or Ocasio-Cortez]; the 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?”
Allison who has spoken of her struggle with infertility and IVF treatment wrote on Instagram:
“I truly can’t believe this Is Coming from a Potential VP of The United States 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 because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”
Kamala Harris has not directly responded to Vance’s remarks. She has said that she is very proud of being a stepmother to her husband’s two children.
“JD Vance Says He Was Being ‘Sarcastic’ About Childless Cat Ladies, has ‘Nothing Against Cats'” – HuffPost title today 27th July, online. He is backpedaling.
JD Vance appears to be a chip off the old Trump block. Overtly right-wing and misogynistic.
I made this infographic earlier and it’s useful for this post as Christianity is part of the story. A good Christian would not insult a politician in the way Vance has.
Note: I am British, living in the UK. Do I have the right to comment about Vance’s behaviour. I do because what he does not only affects the US but potentially the rest of the world.
Declared Christian JD Vance does not demonstrate Christian value by Michael Broad
Thanks for this.
Brilliant. Well said. I am firmly behind you. The female vote is very important. It seems that Vance has lost a big chunk of it. Women should follow your stance on this.
Just in case you hadn’t heard about Vance and the couch Mike here’s a link. Enjoy. HaaaHaaaa.
https://www.comicsands.com/jd-vance-couch-fact-check-2668817509.html?utm_campaign=george-takei-s-oh-myyy&utm_medium=email&utm_edition=202407261000&utm_source=newsletter
But Richard Hanania wins the X link of the day, he picked the perfect song for this post too!
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1815596967516422476
Didn’t take but one day after I said “I wonder when the misogynistic republican attacks will start now that a woman is running for president?” How does any women vote for these women hating republican men? And what does Vance have against cats? I guess he hates them too. Well I got news for him I’m a old cat lady (with 2 sons) and so are all my lady friends and we’ll be voting KAMALA! None of my Tom cats have ever mated with a couch!!! 🙂
Interesting infographic and thanks. Did you know that J.D. Vance once compared Trump to Hitler. Now they are running mates! 😎🤣. It is hard to know truth from fiction.