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Kamala Harris’s uncle hits back at JD Vance over ‘childless cat lady’ comments: ‘Not a great thinker’

Kamala Harris’s uncle has fired back at JD Vance over his sexist “childless cat ladies” comments, brushing off Donald Trump’s running mate as not “a great thinker”.

Dr Gopalan Balachandran, a psephologist and expert on US-India relations who lives in India, spoke to The Independent about his niece’s chances of taking the White House in November, how her heritage could help her in the role and what he thinks about the personal attacks coming from her Republican rivals.

In the past couple of weeks, Vance has come under fire for his misogynistic comments branding Harris and other women “childless cat ladies”. The remarks, which were made in 2021 but resurfaced after Vance was named Trump’s vice presidential pick, represent just one of many personal attacks Harris has faced since President Joe Biden stepped down from the 2024 race and she launched her own presidential campaign. Last week, Trump questioned Harris’s Black and Indian heritage, bizarrely claiming that she only recently “became Black” to win votes.

Balachandran told The Independent he doesn’t think comments like Vance’s are “worth responding to”.

“I don’t think he is a great thinker, not even a thinker,” he said.

Balachandran is one of the three surviving siblings of Harris’ mother Shayamala Gopalan, who hailed from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

An academic and a political scientist himself, the 80-year-old often visits Washington for work and has been closely watching his niece’s march towards the highest office in the land from the early days of her career. He revealed that he last met up with Harris just days before Biden stepped aside.

Now, Harris has officially become the Democratic party’s nominee and is set to pick her own running mate early this

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