Vance says ‘childless cat ladies’ comment was ‘dumb’ but his point stands | CNN Politics

CNN — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said the way he phrased his criticism of “childless cat ladies” — comments that took on new life when Donald Trump tapped the Ohio senator as his running mate — was “dumb.” “I certainly wish that I had said it differently,” Vance said in an interview with The New York Times published Saturday. But Vance said he stood by the point he made as a US Senate candidate in a 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson discussing leaders of the Democratic Party, including Vice President Kamala Harris. He said he did not intend to criticize those who couldn’t have children “for medical reasons, for social reasons — like set that to the side; we’re not talking about folks like that.” Sen. JD Vance speaks at Tucson Speedway in Tucson, Arizona, on October 9. Go Nakamura/Reuters Related article Vance repeatedly refuses to say if he believes Trump lost 2020 election “What I was definitely trying to illustrate ultimately in a very inarticulate way is that I d...