Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday fired back at Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) after he defended his past actions in attacking Democrats as “anti-family.”
Vance appeared on three political shows Sunday morning and was asked about his past criticisms, where he defended his comments and dismissed policy proposals such as expanding the child tax credit and banning surprise medical bills.
“I’m pro-family,” he told CNN. “I want more families to be born. Of course, sometimes it doesn’t work out — sometimes for medical reasons, sometimes because you don’t find the right match. But the bottom line is that our public policy is anti-family.”
Ocasio-Cortez responded with a list of pro-family policies proposed by Democrats, including raising the minimum wage, paid parental leave and expanding access to health care.
“If Vance cares about who has kids, he’s sure to support pro-family policies,” Ocasio-Cortez said. wrote on social media platform X.
She added: “Oh, well, he’s not. He just wants an excuse to spy on and control women.”
Ocasio-Cortez was one of the original targets of Vance’s “childless cat woman” comments in 2021, the same year that Vance, a New York Democrat, was Antisocial attitudes towards family
Vance has made family policy a central issue in his vice presidential campaign, but Democrats quickly fired back, citing Republican positions on key pro-family policies.
Democratic attacks on Governor Vance over family policy flared up again last week when he voted against expanding the child tax credit. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) seized on the controversy over Governor Vance’s comments last week to bring the bill to a vote even though it had a slim chance of passing.
“Senate Republicans often say they are the party of families and business, so it’s very odd that they would vehemently oppose expanding the child tax credit and providing subsidies to businesses. [research and development] “Tax credits,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
