Trump running mate JD Vance doubles down on 'childless cat ladies' comment about Harris, Democrats

• Sen. JD Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, defended his crack in 2021 about key Democrats — including Vice President Kamala Harris — being miserable "childless cat ladies."
• Vance, an Ohio Republican, accused the Democratic Party of being anti-family and anti-kids.
• His three-year-old comments resurfaced after President Joe Biden dropped out of the election, and endorsed Harris as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.

Sen. JD Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, on Friday defended his comments accusing key Democrats — including Vice President Kamala Harris — of being miserable "childless cat ladies" who want to "make the rest of the country miserable too," as well as anti-family and anti-kids.

Vance has been under fire for days after the "cat ladies" remark resurfaced online following the Ohio Republican's nomination as the party's vice presidential candidate.

His decision on Friday to double down on the comments, rather than to apologize or to say his views have changed, means the Trump campaign can expect the critiques to keep coming.

"Obviously, it was a sarcastic comment. I've got nothing against cats," Vance said Friday on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM.

"I know the media wants to attack me and wants me to back down, Megyn, but the simple point that I made is that having children — becoming a father, becoming a mother — I really do think it changes your perspective in a pretty profound way," Vance said.

"The Democrats in the past five, 10 years Megyn, they have become anti-family, it's built into their policies, it's built into the way they talk about parents and children, and it's time that we called that out," said Vance, who has three children.

"I don't think we