JDVANCE

If you know just one thing about Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, there’s a good chance it’s his evident disdain for “childless cat ladies.” In a recently resurfaced 2021 Fox News clip, the then Senate candidate used the term to drag a bunch of Democrats (including Vice President Kamala Harris), saying that they’re “miserable at their own lives and so they want to make the rest of this country miserable too,” and adding that they “don’t really have a direct stake” in the country’s future. It’s easy to roll your eyes at his use of a discriminatory and tired trope—but it turns out, that’s just the tip of the problematic iceberg when it comes to JD Vance’s views on women.