{"id":2615331,"date":"2026-06-17T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-calls-infamous-campaign-comment-one-of-the-dumbest-things-i-ever-said-in-new-book\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:59:47","slug":"jd-vance-calls-infamous-campaign-comment-one-of-the-dumbest-things-i-ever-said-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-calls-infamous-campaign-comment-one-of-the-dumbest-things-i-ever-said-in-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Calls Infamous Campaign Comment &#8216;One of the Dumbest Things I Ever Said&#8217; in New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fjd-vance-calls-infamous-campaign-comment-one-of-the-dumbest-things-i-ever-said-in-new-book%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=2615331&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>Vice President J.D. Vance has publicly apologized for a controversial remark he made five years ago. In his new book &#8220;Communion: Finding My Way Back to faith,&#8221; Vance reflects on a comment from 2021 when he called Democratic &#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=\"...&#039;s past backing of IVF contradicts Jennifer Aniston&#039;s social media criticism, reports the Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies<\/a>&#8221; who allegedly undermine the contry, a comment he now considers dumb and provocative. the remark was made on Tucker Carlson\u2019s show, where he criticized certain women and Democratic leaders like Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, implying they had no stake in America\u2019s future. Although conservatives initially defended the comment, Vance now regrets it, acknowledging it distracted from his main point about societal hostility towards having children. He also discussed this in an appearance on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View,\u201d where he emphasized the importance of grace and understanding, and admitted that his words can sometimes alienate others. Over the week, Vance has been active on media outlets, defending his stance on foreign policy issues like the Iran peace deal and reflecting on the lessons learned from past remarks.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance has apologized for a five-year-old remark that he now regards as dimwitted and counterproductive.<\/p>\n<p>In his new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Communion-Finding-Way-Back-Faith-ebook\/dp\/B0GTQ68YZN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a>, \u201cCommunion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,\u201d released Tuesday, Vance addressed the most controversial comment of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the dumbest things I ever said came when I argued that \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 across the Democrat Party were running our country into the ground,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-state-limits-on-abortion-particularly-devastating-for-communities-of-color\/\" title=\"Joe Biden and ...: State Limits on Abortion &#039;Particularly Devastating&#039; for Communities of Color\">vice president wrote<\/a> in the book, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/jd-vance\/vance-cat-ladies-comment-dumbest-things-book-rcna349325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, which obtained an advance copy of the memoir.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president made that remark in 2021 on now-former Fox News host Tucker Carlson\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re 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\u2019ve made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too,\u201d the then-Ohio U.S. Senate candidate told Carlson in a clip posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<p>Vance proceeded to name then-Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/national-embarrassment-kamala-harris-mocked-incredibly-bizarre-trump-impression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Those childless Democrat leaders, he said, had no \u201cdirect stake\u201d in America\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JD Vance is looking back on one of his most controversial campaign moments with regret. In his upcoming memoir, the vice president calls his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >viral \u201cchildless cat ladies\u201d remark \u201c<\/a>one of the dumbest things I ever said,\u201d admitting it was a \u201cboneheaded comment\u201d that generated\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPM3kmtmZT\">pic.twitter.com\/lPM3kmtmZT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypost\/status\/2066661316178395519?\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The comment resurfaced in July 2024 after President Donald Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee, selected Vance as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, conservatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/context-around-jd-vances-childless-cat-lady-remarks-surfaces-media-owes-apology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended the remark<\/a> as taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, Vance has expressed regret.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe comment caused two firestorms: the first when I made it, the second years later, during a political campaign,\u201d the vice president wrote in his new book, according to NBC. \u201cIt was a boneheaded comment, intentionally (and successfully) provocative rather than illuminating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the \u201cchildless cat ladies\u201d quip \u201chad the added benefit of distracting from the actual point I wanted to make, which was that our society is becoming pathologically hostile to having kids,\u201d a point he could have made \u201cmuch more effectively, and with the benefit of showing a little charity to the many Americans who \u2014 some for reasons beyond their control \u2013\u00ad don\u2019t have children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I consider the Church\u2019s admonition to respect the dignity of every life,\u201d he concluded, \u201cthis was a clear moment where I failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-enter-hostile-territory-agrees-appear-abcs-far-left-view-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> also addressed the comment during Tuesday\u2019s much-ballyhooed appearance on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid that comment actually shed light on something and start a discussion? Or did it just close people down? And when I make a comment that just closes people down instead of trying to appreciate the point that I make, that\u2019s a mistake, right? And that\u2019s on me to do better,\u201d the vice president said in another clip posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>Vance made those remarks during a segment in which he also acknowledged that Christians must show and receive \u201cgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vice President JD Vance crossed into enemy territory today and walked away with The View\u2019s audience laughing on his side.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Joy Behar reached for the \u201cchildless cat ladies\u201d line, begging for a fight. Vance refused to give her one.<\/p>\n<p>JOY: \u201cIn the book, Mr. Vice\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNrkz7texL\">pic.twitter.com\/QNrkz7texL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Vigilant Fox \ud83e\udd8a (@VigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2066986045007380513?\">June 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thus far, the vice president has had a busy week on news and talk shows.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, he also appeared on Fox News\u2019 late-night juggernaut \u201cGutfeld!\u201d where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-says-view-defied-expectations-reveals-joy-behar-told-off-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-kicks-off-view-appearance-joke-disarms-co-hosts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largely amicable<\/a> experience on \u201cThe View\u201d went better than expected.<\/p>\n<p>Since Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-explains-iran-deal-fundamentally-different-obamas-jcpoa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> has also made the rounds on network morning shows.<\/p>\n<p>In those appearances, the vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-responds-lindsey-graham-expresses-skepticism-iran-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained and defended<\/a> Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/12-key-points-iran-peace-deal-revealed-trump-says-likely-read-media-get-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran peace deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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