Former President Donald Trump defended Vance despite his history of disparaging remarks towards people without kids.
His comments sparked backlash from celebrities and Democratic leaders, including Jennifer Aniston.
JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, made controversial comments about childless individuals in 2021.
Vance defended his comments during an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM, arguing he was not targeting women without children but rather their perceived anti-family stance.
Vance described some Democrats as 'childless cat ladies' during an interview on Fox News.
Vance grew up without a father figure and has accused Democratic leaders of not having a direct stake in the country due to their childless status.
JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, found himself in a heated debate with Hollywood celebrities and Democratic leaders after his past comments on childless individuals resurfaced. In 2021, Vance made remarks on Fox News that drew criticism from various quarters. He described some Democrats as 'childless cat ladies' who were 'miserable at their own lives.' This comment sparked a wave of backlash, with Jennifer Aniston, a well-known actress and vocal supporter of the Democratic Party, taking to Instagram to criticize Vance. However, Vance defended his comments during an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM. He argued that he was not targeting women without children but rather pointing out what he perceived as the anti-family stance of some Democrats.
Vance's background and upbringing have influenced his views on families and children. He grew up without a father figure, being raised by his mother, aunt, and sister. His memoir 'Hillbilly Elegy' provides insight into his close relationship with female family members. Vance has also accused Democratic leaders of not having a direct stake in the country due to their childless status.
Despite the controversy surrounding his comments, former President Donald Trump defended Vance, stating that he loves families and does not place a higher value on parenting over those without children. However, it is important to note that Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks towards people without kids. In November 2020, he called childless Americans in the country's leadership class more sociopathic and less mentally stable than those with children.
The debate over Vance's comments highlights the ongoing culture war between Republicans and Democrats regarding family values and the role of children in society.
Donald Trump defended JD Vance's comment about Kamala Harris and other Democrats as 'cat ladies'
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The author makes editorializing statements by quoting JD Vance's comments about Kamala Harris and other Democrats being 'childless cat ladies' without explicitly stating that he agrees with the statement. He also uses the term 'childless cat ladies' himself when describing Vance's comments, implying his agreement. This is a form of emotional manipulation and sensationalism as it is intended to elicit a negative reaction from readers towards Kamala Harris and other Democrats.
The entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children
Mr Vance defended his roundly criticised remarks, saying that it was ‘obviously… a sarcastic comment.’
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.
Donald Trump on Monday defended his running mate’s claims that ‘childless cat ladies’ had destroyed American values
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The author makes an appeal to authority when quoting Trump's defense of Vance's comments and Trump's assessment of Vance as an 'excellent pick'. The author also reports on Vance's justification for his remarks, which includes a dichotomous depiction by labeling Democrats as 'childless cat ladies'.
Donald Trump on Monday defended his running mate’s claims that ‘childless cat ladies’ had destroyed American values...
Mr Vance defended his roundly criticised remarks, saying that it was ‘obviously… a sarcastic comment’...
The entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children… How does it make any sense we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?...
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...
The simple point that I made is that having children, becoming a father, becoming a mother, I really do think it changes your perspective in a pretty profound way…
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The author, Graeme Baker, presents the statements made by JD Vance as if they were his own opinions without providing any context or criticism. The author also does not challenge Vance's assertion that Democrats are 'childless cat ladies'. This can be seen as an example of ideological bias.
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.
Mr Vance, who has three children, said he was not criticising people who do not have children. ‘This is about criticising the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-children.’
The entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people who don’t really have a direct stake in it? How does it make any sense we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really care about having kids?
The point is that her party has pursued a set of policies that are profoundly anti-child.
The senator from Ohio said the country was being run ‘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'
Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks towards people without children.
Vance called Democratic leaders ‘childless sociopaths’ who ‘don’t have a direct stake in this country.’
In November 2020, Vance said childless Americans, especially those in the country’s Leadership class, were ‘more sociopathic’ and made the country ‘less mentally stable.’
Vance referred to ‘childless cat ladies’ on Tucker Carlson Tonight in August 2021.
Vance fundraised off his comments about childless leaders following his appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight.
Vance has a pattern of singling out Democratic leaders for not having children as part of his culture war rhetoric.
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The article contains several examples of the authors, Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, editorializing and making author opinions about JD Vance's comments towards people without children. They label his comments as 'disparaging' and 'singling out Democratic leaders for not having children.' The authors also use emotional manipulation by implying that those without children are less mentally stable or sociopathic. Additionally, the article engages in selective reporting by only presenting quotes from Vance that support their position and ignoring any context or nuance in his comments.
CNN – Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people without children, a CNN KFile review of his comments shows, including fundraising off his now-infamous ‘childless cat lady’ remarks in a series of emails that called Democratic leaders ‘childless sociopaths’ who ‘don’t have a direct stake in this country.’
Vance later tried to clean up his comments on Megyn Kelly’s podcast last week. “Obviously, it was a sarcastic comment. I’ve got nothing against cats,” said Vance, adding that his remarks were not about criticizing people without children, but rather focused on policy and claimed the Democratic Party has become ‘anti-family’ and ‘anti-child.’
Sen. JD Vance faces backlash on campaign trail
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The authors make several appeals to authority by quoting Vance's own words and attributing them to him. They also use inflammatory rhetoric by describing Vance's comments as 'disparaging,' 'deriding,' and 'inflammatory.' However, they do not explicitly state that Vance is making a logical fallacy in his comments, so no formal or informal fallacies are directly identified. The authors also make a dichotomous depiction by portraying people with children as being more mentally stable and less sociopathic than those without children.
][Senator Vance] has clearly stated, he was talking about politicians on the left who support policies that are explicitly anti-child and anti-family.[[1](https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/kfile-jd-vance-history-disparaging-people-without-kids/index.html#:~:text=We%20can%E2%80%99t,invested%20in%20this)], [Our country is basically run by childless Democrats who are miserable in their own lives and want to make the rest of the country miserable too][1]
[Vance later defended them in a Spectrum News podcast that September, saying, 'I think that it's ridiculous to say that they're misogynistic cause so many of the proposals that I have would actually help not just working families, but working women, too'][1]
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The authors use derogatory language to describe individuals who do not have children, labeling them as 'sociopaths' and 'childless cat ladies'. They also make assumptions about the values and motivations of these individuals based on their childless status.
childless sociopaths
more sociopathic
Our country is basically run by childless Democrats who are miserable in their own lives and want to make the rest of the country miserable too
radical childless leaders in this country
the most deranged and most psychotic commentators on Twitter are typically childless.
JD Vance grew up without a father figure and was raised by his mother, Bonnie Vance, aunt Lori Meibers, and sister Lindsay.
JD Vance made a statement criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming 'anti-family and anti-child.'
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Former President Donald Trump defended JD Vance after he referred to some women in the Democratic Party as 'childless cat ladies'.
Donald Trump claimed that Kamala Harris had stopped using her 'crazy laugh.'
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The author makes editorializing statements by using the phrases 'childless cat ladies' and 'anti-family and anti-child' to describe the Democratic Party. She also selectively reports details that support her position by focusing on Vance's comments about childless women in the Democratic Party, while ignoring his context that he was criticizing the party for being controlled by people without children. The author does not disclose any sources.
The simple point that I made is that having children, becoming a father, becoming a mother, I really do think it changes your perspective in a pretty profound way.
This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child.
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The author, Martha McHardy, makes an appeal to authority when she quotes former President Donald Trump defending JD Vance's comments about 'childless cat ladies'. This is a fallacy because the truth or validity of Vance's comments is not determined by Trump's endorsement. Additionally, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric when she describes some women in the Democratic Party as 'childless cat ladies', which is a derogatory term and an oversimplification that does not accurately represent all women in the Democratic Party.
Former President Donald Trump has defended JD Vance after he referred to some women in the Democratic Party as ‘childless cat ladies.’
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.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance introduces former President Donald Trump during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024 in St Cloud, Minnesota.
You know, you don’t meet the right person, or you don’t meet any person. But you’re just as good, in many cases, a lot better than a person that’s in a family situation.
The former president also repeated accusations that the Democrats had misrepresented Vance’s comments.
But they took it and they spun it differently.
Vance detailed his upbringing in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy as well as his close relationship with his female family members as his father left when he was a child.
He couldn’t have known that, but maybe that’s why you shouldn’t be talking about other people’s children.
Vance has also dismissed the comment as ‘sarcasm’, adding that he has ‘nothing against cats.’
Following his remarks, Donald Trump said his opponent Kamala Harris had stopped using her ‘crazy laugh.’
I call her laughing Kamala. Have you seen her laughing? She is crazy. You can tell a lot by a laugh. She is nuts.
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The author, Martha McHardy, demonstrates ideological bias by repeatedly quoting JD Vance making derogatory comments about childless women and then stating her own agreement with his perspective. She does not provide any counterargument or evidence to challenge Vance's assertions.
But they took it and they spun it differently.
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,
She got rid of the laugh, I noticed. She’s crazy. That’s the laugh of a crazy person,
The really sad thing is, he said that after Chasten [Buttigieg] and I had been through a fairly heartbreaking setback in our adoption journey,
Vance defended his remarks. I know the media wants to attack me and wants me to back down on this, Megyn, but the simple point that I made is that having children, becoming a father, becoming a mother, I really do think it changes your perspective in a pretty profound way.
His conversion was influenced by Catholicism’s rich philosophy and long history.
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JD Vance, the senator from Ohio and GOP's vice-presidential nominee, converted to Catholicism in 2019.
Many young conservative figures are bucking the trend of rejecting institutional religion and choosing Catholicism as their faith.
Vance has expressed support for positions that oppose his church's teachings, such as the death penalty, boosting fossil fuels, deporting millions of migrants and voting against government programs aimed at aiding the poor.
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The article contains selective reporting and emotional manipulation. The author highlights JD Vance's conversion to Catholicism and his reasons for doing so, but fails to mention that many of his political positions are in opposition to Catholic teaching. This creates a false impression that Vance's Catholicism aligns perfectly with the teachings of the church. Additionally, the author uses emotional language when describing Vance's relationship with his grandmother and her dislike for organized religion, which is intended to elicit an emotional response from readers.
Vance has said he saw Catholicism as reflecting messages from across the political spectrum: from the right, an emphasis on personal responsibility, and from the left, an emphasis on the harm caused by systemic barriers.
But Vance’s Catholicism, like that of many church members including President Biden, lines up with Catholic teaching only in limited – but very different – ways.
The same thirst is driving rising Catholic interest in the pre-Vatican II-style Mass, where the priest speaks in Latin, many women wear veils and conservative views on theology are common.
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The article contains some instances of informal fallacies and appeals to authority, but overall the author's assertions are well-supported and free of major logical errors. The author provides context for JD Vance's conversion to Catholicism and discusses the reasons why many young conservatives are turning to this faith. There are no instances of dichotomous depictions or inflammatory rhetoric in the article.
]The very different policy priorities of Vance and Biden, both churchgoing Catholics, show 'there is no one Catholic faith,'[
Vance has addressed several recent Catholic conferences focused on new right ideas like post-liberalism.[
JD Vance responded to Jennifer Aniston's criticism of his past comments on social media.
An Instagram post by Jennifer Aniston criticizing JD Vance’s comments drew widespread attention this week.
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JD Vance argued that his 'childless cat ladies' comment was taken out of context and that he was not criticizing women without children but rather arguing that Democrats are 'anti-family.'
JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks towards people without children.
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The author, Neil Vigdor, engages in a few fallacies throughout the article. Firstly, there is an example of a false dichotomy when Vance claims that 'the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children'. This statement assumes only two options: either people with children or people without children can be in control, which is not accurate. Secondly, Vigdor appeals to authority when he quotes Vance's defense on his comments about 'childless cat ladies', giving credibility to the author's perspective without critically examining the statement itself. Lastly, there are inflammatory rhetoric used by both sides of the political spectrum in this article, such as Vance's original comment about 'childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives' and Aniston's response criticizing Vance's comments.
. . .the nation was governed by “childless cat ladies,” including Vice President Kamala Harris.
Mr. Vance contended on Friday that the “cat ladies” comment was taken out of context and that he was not criticizing women who don’t have children. He said that he was trying to argue that Democrats were “anti-family.”
Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The “Friends” actress, who has been open about her fertility struggles, recently criticized Mr. Vance’s 2021 comments on social media.
