{"id":2314730,"date":"2024-07-27T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2314730"},"modified":"2024-07-27T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T19:26:28","slug":"trump-team-slams-absolutely-absurd-attacks-on-vance-as-vp-pick-takes-flack-for-cat-lady-comments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-slams-absolutely-absurd-attacks-on-vance-as-vp-pick-takes-flack-for-cat-lady-comments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump team slams \u2018absolutely absurd\u2019 attacks on Vance as VP pick takes flack for \u2018cat lady\u2019 comments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-team-slams-absolutely-absurd-attacks-on-vance-as-vp-pick-takes-flack-for-cat-lady-comments-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2314730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President \u200dDonald Trump&#8217;s campaign has come\u2063 to the defense of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance following backlash \u200dover his controversial remarks referring to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vances-past-backing-of-ivf-contradicts-jennifer-anistons-social-media-criticism-reports-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance&#039;s past backing of IVF contradicts Jennifer Aniston&#039;s social media criticism, reports the Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies<\/a>.&#8221; Vance made these comments during a 2021 Fox News interview, suggesting that influential Democrats\u200b like Vice President Kamala Harris\u2063 and\u2062 Pete Buttigieg, who do not have \u2062biological children, lack a &#8220;direct stake&#8221; in America. His statements were criticized as sexist, especially after resurfacing on social media, prompting a strong response from Trump&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Chris LaCivita, an advisor to Trump, dismissed claims that the campaign is against childless women as &#8220;absurd&#8221; and argued that Vance&#8217;s remarks were taken out of context. Vance later clarified his intent, claiming his comments\u200c were made\u2063 sarcastically and aimed at the \u200dDemocratic Party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-republicans-are-planning-to-restore-the-american-family\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s How Republicans Are Planning To \u2018Restore The American Family\u2019\">anti-family policies<\/a>, not at childless individuals themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this defense, some within the Republican Party\u2062 have expressed concern that\u2064 Vance&#8217;s statements may alienate women voters. Conservative\u200d commentator Meghan McCain warned that such remarks could activate \u2063women across the political spectrum and do real harm to the party&#8217;s image. Vance continues to promote himself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-were-on-a-mission-advocacy-groups-behind-push-to-save-womens-sports-campaign-against-trans-surgeries-for-minors\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: \u2018We\u2019re On A Mission\u2019: Advocacy Groups Behind Push To Save Women\u2019s Sports Campaign Against Trans Surgeries For Minors\">pro-family advocate<\/a>, including his support \u200bfor pro-IVF legislation in the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump team slams &lsquo;absolutely absurd&rsquo; attacks on Vance as VP pick takes flack for &lsquo;cat lady&rsquo; comments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708329\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) caught flak for controversial comments about &ldquo;childless cat ladies,&rdquo; former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s campaign is hitting back with a spirited defense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact of the matter is, it&rsquo;s been blatantly taken out of context,&rdquo; Trump campaign advisor Chris LaCivita <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/jm\/podcast\/trump-campaign-manager-chris-lacivita-doesnt-rule-out\/id219258773?i=1000663493565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> during a<em> Brian Kilmeade Show <\/em>segment that aired on Friday. Asked if the Trump campaign was against &ldquo;childless women,&rdquo; Lacivita retorted, &ldquo;No, that&rsquo;s absurd. It&rsquo;s absolutely absurd.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lacivita&rsquo;s support for Trump&rsquo;s running mate comes after a media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3097594\/the-view-takes-offense-vances-childless-cat-ladies-comment-how-dare-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>firestorm<\/a> erupted over comments Vance made several years ago. During a 2021 Fox News interview, the Ohio senator made observations about Vice President Kamala Harris &mdash; and other notable members of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration &mdash; not having biological children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&rsquo;ve made, and so they wanna make the rest of the country miserable, too,&rdquo; Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1815503440983867598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JD Vance says women who haven&rsquo;t given birth like Kamala Harris are &ldquo;childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives,&rdquo; and have &ldquo;no direct stake&rdquo; in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3DJY3pQTGe\">pic.twitter.com\/3DJY3pQTGe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1815503440983867598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a basic fact &mdash; you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC &mdash; the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,&rdquo; Vance continued. &ldquo;How does it make any sense that we&rsquo;ve turned our country over to people who don&rsquo;t really have a direct stake in it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the interview resurfaced on social media this week,&nbsp;critics were quick to note Harris has two stepchildren, while labeling Vance as sexist and extreme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What a normal, relatable guy who certainly doesn&rsquo;t hate women having freedoms,&rdquo; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/1815738777513451805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mocked<\/a> in a post to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Friday, Vance said his comments should be interpreted as &ldquo;sarcasm&rdquo; as he responded to the backlash. &ldquo;The point is not that she&rsquo;s lesser. The point is that her party has pursued a set of policies that are profoundly anti-child,&rdquo; the Ohio senator told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-vetting-reporter-questions-ahead-of-briefings\/\" title=\"White House vetting reporter questions ahead of briefings\">conservative commentator<\/a> Megyn Kelly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not about criticizing people who, for various reasons, didn&rsquo;t have kids. This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>However, some in his own party disagree with Vance, warning that his remarks alienate women voters.&nbsp;<br \/>Meghan McCain, &#8203;&#8203;a conservative commentator and the daughter of late Republican Sen. John McCain, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1816442474467930294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted on X<\/a> &ldquo;I have been trying to warn every conservative man I know &ndash; these JD comments are activating women across all sides, including my most conservative Trump-supporting friends. These comments have caused real pain and are just innately unchristian. This is not who we are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have been trying to warn every conservative man I know &ndash; these JD comments are activating women across all sides, including my most conservative Trump supporting friends.<\/p>\n<p>These comments have caused real pain and are just innately unchristian. <\/p>\n<p>This is not who we are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBpmDlzgEo\">https:\/\/t.co\/VBpmDlzgEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1816442474467930294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Vance has sought to characterize himself as the defender of the family, supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in vitro fertilization<\/a> (IVF) protection legislation in the Senate, expressing concern about the U.S.&rsquo; historically low birth rate, and supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-ravaging-our-people-john-kennedy-holds-nothing-back-with-powell-yellen-over-skyrocketing-inflation\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s Ravaging Our People\u2019: John Kennedy Holds Nothing Back With Powell, Yellen Over Skyrocketing Inflation\">childcare tax credit<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As he defended Vance, Lacivita tried to deflect criticism about Trump&rsquo;s running mate back onto the attackers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a matter of fact, there was a discussion today, where the follow-up &shy;&mdash; the Democrat follow-up attack is that JD Vance believes that only people with children should get certain tax breaks,&rdquo; the Trump spokesman noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, that&rsquo;s called the childcare tax credit,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;So now we have the Democrat Party and the Kamala Harris campaign on record as opposing something that has been law for years which is, you know, the childcare tax credit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lacivita referenced a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ammarmufasa\/status\/1816802318764937395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>comment<\/a> from the Harris campaign on Friday that criticized Vance for supporting higher taxes for Americans without children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the childcare tax credit has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2800483\/child-tax-credit-expansion-what-means-know-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bipartisan<\/a> issue, with&nbsp;Democrats supporting efforts to expand it this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708329\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708329\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump campaign has strongly defended Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) after he faced backlash for his remarks about &#8220;childless cat ladies.&#8221; Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign advisor, stated on the Brian Kilmeade Show that Vance&#8217;s comments were taken out of context and dismissed claims that the campaign opposes &#8220;childless women&#8221; as &#8220;absolutely absurd.&#8221; This defense comes in response to criticism stemming from a 2021 Fox News interview where Vance suggested that prominent Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, lack a direct stake in America because they do not have biological children. He described them as &#8220;miserable&#8221; individuals who want to make others unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>After these comments resurfaced online, critics pointed out that Harris has two stepchildren and labeled Vance&#8217;s remarks as sexist and extreme. Hillary Clinton mocked him on social media for his views. In an attempt to clarify his statements during an interview with Megyn Kelly, Vance claimed he was being sarcastic and emphasized that his criticism was directed at the Democratic Party&#8217;s policies rather than individuals without children.<\/p>\n<p>However, some members of the Republican Party expressed concern over how Vance&#8217;s comments might alienate female voters. Meghan McCain warned fellow conservatives about the potential backlash from women across various political affiliations due to these remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Vance has positioned himself as a pro-family advocate by supporting legislation related to in vitro fertilization (IVF), expressing worries about low birth rates in the U.S., and backing childcare tax credits. In defending him further, LaCivita redirected attention back to critics by highlighting their opposition to established tax credits for families with children\u2014a point he argued is historically bipartisan but now seems contested by Democrats like Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2314736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/how-vance-will-be-replaced-if-elected-vice-president.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36470,6733,3634,15469,32518],"class_list":["post-2314730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cat-lady","tag-controversy","tag-trump","tag-vance","tag-vice-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/how-vance-will-be-replaced-if-elected-vice-president.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}