Sen. JD Vance, the Ohio Republican who was named this month as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, has come under fire ― and become a meme ― for disparaging people who don’t have children as “childless cat ladies” in 2021.
But the 39-year-old senator has a years-long documented history of describing people without children as immoral and inferior. And as Election Day nears, those remarks are continuing to resurface.
On Tuesday, HuffPost first reported on comments Vance made in May 2021 in an interview with the conservative outlet The Federalist, in which he was asked him what he thinks Republicans can do to convince Americans to have more children.
“To be a little stark about this, I think we have to go to war against the anti-child ideology that exists in our country,” Vance answered, adding that people who support women prioritizing their careers over having children are “sad, lonely, pathetic” people.
Vance’s comments about families and motherhood…