{"id":2314765,"date":"2024-07-27T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2314765"},"modified":"2024-07-27T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:36:32","slug":"trump-team-slams-absolutely-absurd-attacks-on-vance-as-vp-pick-takes-flak-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-flak-for-cat-lady-comments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump team slams \u2018absolutely absurd\u2019 attacks on Vance as VP pick takes flak 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-flak-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=2314765&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>The article discusses the backlash faced by Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH)\u200c over his past comments \u200breferring to \u201cchildless cat ladies\u201d in a critical context, particularly targeting Democrats and prominent figures like Vice President Kamala Harris. His remarks, made during a 2021 interview, suggested that individuals without\u2063 children lack a genuine stake in societal issues, which has been labeled as sexist and divisive. Following social media uproar, Trump campaign\u200b advisor Chris LaCivita defended Vance, claiming his comments were taken \u2063out of context. Vance later attempted to \u2063clarify\u2064 his statements as sarcasm meant to \u2064critique Democratic policies\u2062 perceived as anti-family, not \u2063to disparage women without children. The controversy sparked concerns among some Republicans about the alienation of women voters, with <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> Meghan McCain\u2064 expressing that Vance\u2019s comments could be \u2064damaging across\u2064 various demographics,\u2062 including his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-considers-key-gop-player-who-trump-criticized-for-disloyalty-as-running-mate\/\" title=\"DeSantis ponders GOP figure, previously criticized by Trump, as running mate.\">conservative\u2064 base<\/a>.\u200c As Vance\u2063 seeks to position himself \u2064as a family advocate, the ongoing reaction highlights significant \u2064divisions within political circles regarding messages about families and gender.  <\/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 flak 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/context-around-jd-vances-childless-cat-lady-remarks-surfaces-media-owes-him-an-apology\/\" title=\"Context Around JD Vance&#039;s &#039;Childless Cat Lady&#039; Remarks Surfaces - Media Owes Him an Apology\">direct stake&#038;rdquo<\/a>; 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 conservative commentator 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; <a href=\"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=\"Trump team slams \u2018absolutely absurd\u2019 attacks on Vance as VP pick takes flack for \u2018cat lady\u2019 comments - Washington Examiner\">historically low birth rate<\/a>, and supporting the childcare tax credit.&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 childless women as &#8220;absolutely absurd.&#8221; The controversy stems from a 2021 Fox News interview where Vance criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and other members of President Biden&#8217;s administration for not having biological children, suggesting they lack a direct stake in the country\u2019s future. Critics quickly pointed out that Harris has two stepchildren and labeled Vance&#8217;s remarks as sexist. In response to the criticism, Vance claimed his comments were meant to be sarcastic and focused on criticizing Democratic policies perceived as anti-family rather than attacking individuals without children. However, some within his party have expressed concern that such statements could alienate female voters. Conservative commentator Meghan McCain warned that these comments are causing distress among women across various political affiliations. Despite this backlash, LaCivita attempted to redirect attention back to those criticizing Vance by highlighting ongoing discussions about tax breaks related to childcare support, which he argued have been bipartisan in nature historically<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2314774,"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":[36478,3634,15469,32774],"class_list":["post-2314765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cat-lady-comments","tag-trump","tag-vance","tag-vp-pick"],"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\/2314765","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=2314765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}