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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,469 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:57 PM 8 hrs ago

Vance calls his 'childless cat ladies' comment 'one of the dumbest things I ever said'

Vice President JD Vance now concedes that it was "boneheaded" of him in 2021 to call Kamala Harris and other Democrats "childless cat ladies."

The admission comes in Vance's forthcoming memoir, "Communion," which is set to be released Tuesday.

"One of the dumbest things I ever said came when I argued that 'childless cat ladies' across the Democrat Party were running our country into the ground," Vance writes in the book, a copy of which was obtained and read by NBC News.

"The comment caused two firestorms: the first when I made it, the second years later during a political campaign," Vance adds. "It was a boneheaded comment, intentionally (and successfully) provocative rather than illuminating."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/vance-calls-childless-cat-ladies-160040015.html

That mea culpa ain't enough. You still have the Trump stink on you.

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Vance calls his 'childless cat ladies' comment 'one of the dumbest things I ever said' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago OP
Sorry, JD, you'll never get the childless cat lady vote. Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #1
Not to mention all the childless cat lady adjacent and otherwise fellow travelers. PufPuf23 7 hrs ago #5
This childless dog 🐕 lady agrees MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #6
Just look at the dimwit asshole. Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #2
I've never made any bones about my preference for Vance over Trump AZJonnie 8 hrs ago #3
That isn't even close to being one of the dumbest things you ever said. mercuryblues 7 hrs ago #4
That may be the only thing VD Jance has ever said that I agree with. Dulcinea 7 hrs ago #7
Just one of them, Dumb Ass. no_hypocrisy 7 hrs ago #8
"President Donald J Trump" is the dumbest thing JD ever said Jerry2144 7 hrs ago #9
I still hate him get the red out 7 hrs ago #10
Vance attempt to sanitize his evil attacks on women delisen 7 hrs ago #11
He called Trump a fascist... but that was accurate Johonny 7 hrs ago #12
Nonpology NOT accepted, you phony motherfucker hatrack 6 hrs ago #13
Oh JayDee, it exposed you for the vile being you are, so I City Lights 6 hrs ago #14

Ocelot II

(131,682 posts)
1. Sorry, JD, you'll never get the childless cat lady vote.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:02 PM
8 hrs ago

And you'd be surprised how many there are of us.

PufPuf23

(10,002 posts)
5. Not to mention all the childless cat lady adjacent and otherwise fellow travelers.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:35 PM
7 hrs ago

Keep in mind that cats are great at judging character.

AZJonnie

(4,153 posts)
3. I've never made any bones about my preference for Vance over Trump
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:28 PM
8 hrs ago

I am NOT saying that I *want* JD Vance as POTUS, not by any stretch! However given ONLY those 2 choices, wherein Trump exits the stage by some means while POTUS, I'd be more joyous that Trump was gone than I'd be worried that Vance is taking over.

I'd still BE worried, mind you, but Trump is more frightening to me, because he is:
a) a demented pathological narcissist who's currently sundowning before our eyes,
b) an abject fucking idiot with ZERO intellectual curiosity about ANYthing, and
c) presiding over a cult, with an emotional hold on enough of the electorate that he can effectively get away w/pretty much anything.

And I don't (yet) have cause to conclude any of those are true of Vance. Take this current example. Trump would never, ever say something like this. He is constitutionally incapable of admitting something he did/said was a mistake. And not only will he not say it, I don't think he's even capable of admitting it to HIMSELF, which is an even worse personal trait. Because he's a pathological narcissist.

Trump needs to be OUT of that office, like NOW, and if the unfortunate side effect is Vance becoming POTUS, I'd settle for that w/o the slightest hesitation. He'd still SUCK, but the alternative is worse, by a significant measure.

MHO, fwiw.

mercuryblues

(16,550 posts)
4. That isn't even close to being one of the dumbest things you ever said.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:30 PM
7 hrs ago

You are aware that it is a long list.

The D in your name stand for

Dulcinea

(10,417 posts)
7. That may be the only thing VD Jance has ever said that I agree with.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:38 PM
7 hrs ago

It was a stupid comment from a tone-deaf loser with a host of mommy & daddy issues who will say anything to get elected. Some of my best friends are childless cat ladies. Poor sad Sofa King, who can't bear that women have choices in life.

Jerry2144

(3,370 posts)
9. "President Donald J Trump" is the dumbest thing JD ever said
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:47 PM
7 hrs ago

Nothing is more stupid than that flesh bag

get the red out

(14,081 posts)
10. I still hate him
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:56 PM
7 hrs ago

I have to admit that I have always felt Vance was saying that any woman without children is a useless eater and spends all their ill-gotten, child-free, extra time dressed in black stirring a steaming cauldron trying cast spells to destroy the elite patriarchy (I would if I could). I have worried myself so gray since this bunch took office that it would take a Fox News sized vat of anchor-man hair dye to cover it up. All along I have just expected that I probably didn't have long to be free since I am on their useless list, but I will be proud to be in such good company in the gulags.

Johonny

(26,795 posts)
12. He called Trump a fascist... but that was accurate
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:10 PM
7 hrs ago

And he doesn't seem to mind so fuck that guy.

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