The claim: An X account linked to the Harris campaign posted that Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, said that “he and Trump call childless people ‘sad, lonely and pathetic’ and want to ‘wage war’ on them.”
Verdict: False.
Harris’ campaign Taken Vance’s comments were taken out of context.
“We need to combat the anti-child ideology in our country,” Vance said.
They are lying. Here is what JD actually said, and he is 100% correct.
He said that people who base the meaning of life solely on their work or education are “sad, lonely and pitiful.”
He said “we need to fight the anti-child ideology in our country,” not childless adults.@Community Note https://t.co/zlDxYlU3gm
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 31, 2024
Read Vance’s full comments below.
And, to be a little harsh, I think we have to fight the anti-child ideology that exists in our country. A few weeks ago, I know Twitter isn’t real, and I forget what even triggered it, but there was this ridiculous effort by millennial feminist writers to talk about why having kids is a bad thing and why they’re glad they didn’t have kids. And then there was this effort to encourage people who have had kids to talk about why they regret having kids. It’s psychologically wrong to ask mothers on Mother’s Day to talk about why they regret having kids. And then what I’ve realized is that a lot of what’s driving the elite culture are just mediocre millennial journalists who haven’t made it in their careers as much as they’d like.
Everyone can make a good mother or father, but not everyone can make a good journalist. The New York Timesand not enough people accept that if you pin all the meaning of your life on your qualifications, your alma mater, or your job, you’ll become the kind of person who demands that women tell you they regret having children. You’ll become a sad, lonely, pathetic person, and because you know that deep down, you project that onto the people who have actually built something more meaningful in their lives.
I think we have to fight that ideology and the people behind it, because I need to tell people in my hometown that, to be honest, I’ve been through the same thing with my sister. My sister is the best person. I love her to death. And sometimes she says to me, “You know what? I wish I’d delayed having kids. I wish I’d gone to school. I wish I’d done this or that.” Lindsay, you were a great mother. Your kids are happy, they’re healthy. You took good care of your kids. You showed me. I mean, she was my sister. She took good care of me in a very chaotic home. People like my sister shouldn’t feel like the cultural message is telling them, “Your life is not good enough.” The people who are sending that message should feel like their lives are not good enough. Of course they do. They’re just too embarrassed to talk about it.
Fake news — Source He said that we must fight against the “anti-child movement” led by Democrats like Kamala, who urge young people not to have children because of climate change.
JV Kamala’s camp has nothing but lies. https://t.co/Hr7f2AiLWx
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 31, 2024
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