Vance needs to ‘take back control’ of media narrative, GOP and independent women voters say

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Since former President Donald Trump selected "Hillbilly Elegy" author and Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate, Vance has been forced to contend with a trove of old media clips that women who support the Trump-Vance ticket are concerned will hurt their election chances.

Years ago, Vance said in a media interview that "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made" should not be in a position to run the country, lumping Vice President Kamala Harris into that category. He also said that Congress should "tax the things that are bad, and not tax the things that are good" by imposing a higher tax rate for individuals without children.

Vance's team says his launch at the Republican National Convention last month was a success, and that the Harris campaign dredged up old media clips to demonize her opponent. But women supporting the Republican ticket still think his comments and attempts to correct course are so far falling short, and hope that the junior senator with an "inspiring story" can "take back control" of the narrative.

"JD's phrasing is extremely off-putting to undecided women voters. He needs to fix his delivery to relay the messaging, or the Trump-Vance brand is doomed," Jessica Reed Kraus, founder of the House Inhabit Substack, told Fox News Digital.

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