Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-OH, recently said it is "bizarre" and "deranged" for people to reject having children due to climate change concerns.
Vance, who previously called childless individuals "sociopathic" and "psychotic" made the remarks in a newly published interview with The New York Times Magazine. In the interview, Vance also blamed the US "leadership" for allegedly encouraging Americans to have "anti-child" views due to climate change.
"I think that is a bizarre way of thinking about the future. Not to have kids because of concerns over climate change?" he told NYT.
"I think that's a really, really crazy way to think about the world," the senator added.
Vance's Remarks on Childless People
The vice presidential candidate has made several disparaging remarks toward people refusing to have children.
In November 2020, Vance appeared on a conservative podcast where he suggested that "childless people" in the country's leadership were "more sociopathic" than those with children. He also added that their being in leadership positions made the country "less mentally stable."
In that same interview, Vance said Twitter commentators with the "most deranged" views were often also without children.
"Childless Cat Ladies"
In 2021, Vance appeared in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson where he complained that the country is being run by a "bunch of childless cat ladies" who he claims were making the country "miserable" because they too are "miserable at their own lives." He went further and named Vice President Kamala Harris and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY.
He later tried to back away from comments he made against Harris. In the interview with NYT, Vance described the vice president as a "good stepmother." However, he still said that she doesn't have a "reasonable perspective" when it comes to refusing to have children over climate change concerns.
Vance also tried to clean up the comments during an appearance on Megyn Kelly's podcast where he said his "childless cat ladies" remarks were sarcastic. He said he was pertaining to the Democratic Party's "anti-family" views.
"I've got nothing against cats," the senator added.
