JD Vance's wife Usha Vance defends his 'quip' about 'childless cat ladies'
Usha Vance, the wife of Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, defended her husband's “childless cat ladies” remark in a "Fox and Friends" interview.
Usha Vance, wife of former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, defended her husband when pressed about resurfaced 2021 remarks he made about “childless cat ladies” leading the country, which came under widespread scrutiny last month.
In a taped interview that aired on “Fox and Friends” on Monday morning, she said her husband’s “quip” intended to convey that U.S. policies do not do enough to provide the support families need.
“He made a quip in service of making a point that he wanted to make that was substantive,” Usha Vance said. “And I just wish sometimes that people would talk about those things and that we would spend a lot less time just sort of going through this three-word phrase or that three-word phrase, because what he was really saying is that it can be really hard to be a parent in this country, and sometimes our policies are designed in a way that make it even harder.”
“And we should be asking ourselves, ‘Why is that true? What is it about our leadership and the way that they think about the world that makes it so hard sometimes for parents?’” she added.
Asked what she would say to the women who were offended by the “childless cat ladies” remark, Usha Vance said her husband would “never ever” want his comments “to hurt someone who is trying to have a family or is struggling with that,” and reiterated that he wants to foster a conversation about improving the lives of families.
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