Trump press sec clarifies that JD Vance's comments only apply to "Democrats who can have children but choose not to"

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

if you are infertile... JD Vance is ok with you not having kids. He might still let you vote

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Karoline Leavitt, a press secretary for former President Trump, defended Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as he faces criticism over past comments calling out Democrats who don’t have children.

“As a new mom, my heart aches for women who are unable to bear children. @JDVance words are being taken out of context and unfairly attacked,” Leavitt posted on social platform X.

In 2021, Vance made comments questioning if Vice President Harris is fit to lead since she does not have biological children. The remarks have recirculated in recent days, following his selection as Trump’s running mate earlier this month.

Leavitt posted a clip of Vance speaking at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, where he said his sentiment doesn’t target people who “struggled to find the right girl, find the right guy” or the people who “for biological, medical reasons … can’t have children.” Vance said his remarks were directed at Democrats who can have children but choose not to.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4793501-trump-aide-defends-vance-comments-childless/

[Irish_Dem]

1. The clarification makes things worse.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. it sure does.

[ms liberty]

10. Yea, he keeps digging. Dig Guyliner, dig

[Irish_Dem]

11. First rule of holes: STOP DIGGING

[displacedvermoter]

17. But the press spokesperson

shouldn't be posting stuff reinforcing the stupidity of the candidate. She is helping to make things worse, which is fine with me.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Total amateur hour.

[malaise]

15. THIS

Rec

[Ninga]

53. Oh my god!,,,,,,women who CHOSE to not have children! Stupid fuckwads. (Not sure what a

fuckwad is but I really like the sound of saying fuckwad).

[Irish_Dem]

55. Women must be baby machines.

They have no choice.

[Skittles]

66. to be fair

we already knew they were ANTI-CHOICE

[Irish_Dem]

69. Yes. Anti-choice across the board.

Women will have no choice but to follow all GOP dictates.

[Skittles]

65. there is also the assumption that republican women never choose to be child-free

BAD ASSUMPTION

[eShirl]

2. he's dumber than Trump

[Irish_Dem]

12. Hard to imagine, but true.

[BoRaGard]

3. Keep talking. You sound so anti-American

Dudes are taking pumping scuzz from the bottom of the Intellectual Cesspool of Republconism

[hlthe2b]

4. So in addition to women having menstrual cycles monitored by GOV, they must undergo fertility testing before voting?

just to be sure they are eligible, right? And of course, since pre-marital sex is verboten, will the government likewise be forcing marriage (of course to a pre-checked fertile INCEL MAGAT, right? )

Oh, yes, JD spokesperson... This makes it sooooooo alright...

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

72. New Voter Application

Have biological children? Yes/No
If no, are you infertile? Yes/No.
If yes (attached Doctors confirmation of infertility) You are eligible to vote.
If No, You are ineligible to vote.

[B.See]

5. Like Trump, his press secretary is full of SHIT.

[CentralMass]

6. So in other words he's a f'nkng @$$hole.

[Hope22]

7. Keep digging!

Disgusting!

[J_William_Ryan]

8. "Democrats who can have children but choose not to"

That’s just as bad.

There’s nothing wrong with deciding to not have children.

And for many Americans – Democratic and Republican – the choice is for economic reasons, the consequence of decades of failed, wrongheaded Republican policies, such as the right’s unwarranted opposition to affordable childcare and access to affordable health care.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Wasting our fertility . . . . .

[ms liberty]

14. He's so ignorant of women

First I didn't want kids. Then I wanted a kid if I found a partner who would be a good, stable father. Then I didn't find the guy, then finally I found the guy. Then I had some minor problems with getting pregnant, but then breast cancer hit and the chemo sent me into early, permanent menopause.

When a woman says at *14 or 16, or 25 or 30 that she doesn't want children it's not always her permanent decision. For some it is, and others do want kids.

But many women today are conditional, like I always was. I didn't want kids on my on, and I wasn't going to tie myself to a loser or abuser forever just to have a child. I saw way too many women older than me in those situations, and I didn't want children that badly; I never felt the ticking clock. I could use birth control and NOT sacrifice myself on the altar of childbirth and motherhood. In my case, breast cancer stopped me, but I'm here 27 years later writing about it.

And so Guyliner needs to have a big cup of STFU about my right to vote as a childless woman in America.


*I'm not sayin' he likes'em young but we know his boss does...

[kwolf68]

21. Good post

And ANOTHER reason why the government should stay the hell out of women's private lives. It's amazing the "limited government party" is so oppressive.

[servermsh]

16. Please proceed, MAGAs n/t

[Solly Mack]

19. Always nice when another idiot decides to help the other idiot dig, isn't it? Snort.

Two idiots working together to advance stupid.

[hatrack]

20. Keep on digging, asshole.

Keep on digging.

[allegorical oracle]

22. Repukes don't seem to comprehend the notion of CHOICE. nt

[Passages]

23. This is an improvement?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

They know Vance screwed up royally.

[IronLionZion]

24. Republicans are anti-choice

Not even for abortion. They don't want people to have choice in anything.

[Paladin]

25. Pathetic, desperate, half-assed repair effort.

Gotta love it, when your enemies stumble into leaving such a gift on your doorstep.

[hatrack]

26. It's like they lit the paper bag of dog shit on their own front porch, and then forgot about it . . . .

. . . and then went outside to stomp it out.

[JohnSJ]

27. What f**king draconian morans

[Lovie777]

28. UGH.......................

[BoRaGard]

29. I just don't think boning a couch will bring forth more children

Maybe it works for a certain kind of MAGA republicon, but not for anyone else.

JD needs to keep his icky opinions zipped up in his Ivy League Shillbilly brain.

[Dave Bowman]

49. Impregnating a couch would result in the birth of a baby high chair, probably.

[Wednesdays]

74. I was thinking they'd be ottomans. nt

[edisdead]

30. These morons can't help but step on their own dick.

[Think. Again.]

31. Wow, they really are on the defensive, aren't they?

[tanyev]

32. Republicans who can have children but choose not to are OK?

[Lulu KC]

39. The way she's talking

There simply aren't any. As if. SMH

[Zambero]

42. And what about those "miserable careers"?

If GOP? "Self-motivated success stories living the American Dream"!

[Zambero]

33. "people who "for biological, medical reasons can't have children"

But there's hope! IVF just might be the solution! Escape the stigma of being a childless cat lady! Oh, wait a minute...

[33taw]

34. So now they will add forced pregnancies to Project 2025.

[Burnnotice]

47. Forced Pregnancy Project 2025

They sure will.

[Freethinker65]

35. Cuz IOKIYAR

Alrighty then.

So confused. If, according to Vance, only liberal women are required to be breeders to have a say in government, by Vance's vacuous brain, wouldn't that lead to more children groomed to grow up as Democrats?

[Scrivener7]

36. Dig, dig, dig, boys! You look so fetching with dirt in your nostrils!

[FalloutShelter]

37. So now the bar for becoming President of the US

Is giving birth? … because as far as I know, NO ONE who has held the office has given birth.
The GOP is freakishly obsessed with what goes on between your legs, ladies.
They can eff right off. Let’s show them the trap door. Clue: they are standing on it.

[karin_sj]

38. Good grief!

What an idiot. I'm sure there are republicans out there who could have children but choose not to. And besides, they don't seem to have the capability to understand that everybody has the right to make that decision for themselves. Kinda like the decision about what women do or don't do with their bodies.

[Dear_Prudence]

40. Disenfranchisement

So if your child dies, you also lose some voting rights?

[Basso8vb]

41. What a stupid fuck.

[Liberal In Texas]

43. So, his litmus test for voting is

1) You can't be a Democrat that passes a fertility test and
2) Are using some form of birth control or
3) If female had ever had an abortion (they will be keeping mandatory menstrual cycle data to aid in determining any abortions.)

[claudette]

44. Whose business is it if

anyone decides to have children or not? Is JDVance the POPE now? That's how Catholics were taught many years ago.

My gawd - I cannot understand the pettiness of Gopers. Besides, does Vance think that it's only DEMOCRATS who DECIDE not
to have kids? No - I'm sure lots of gopers do.

[Happy Hoosier]

45. This needs to be the media discussion for the next few weeks...

... we can NOT allow the media to shrug and move on from this. This is fucking gold.

[allegorical oracle]

46. I married a man who already had two sons -- 15 and 17 -- and life was NOT

easy. So when it came to deciding whether we would have a baby...we opted to rear what we already had responsibility for. They went to college and did very well.

Every family has its unique circumstances that require tough decisions. Vance needs to shut his yap.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

71. JD Vance will decide the circumstances that he will allow you NOT to have kids

[themaguffin]

48. This is what's been missing - the Republicans on the defense. R's having to defend & explain.

[Dave Bowman]

50. Dear Shady Vance, this is none of your fucking business.

[AmBlue]

51. OMG... these people!!

There is just no BOTTOM!!

[liberalla]

52. C H O O S E ..... related to CHOICE .... also related to FREEDOM !!!

Shut up JD -- you're only making it worse !!!

I hope they choke on this!

[markie]

54. Karoline Leavitt

talks/writes nonsense...

[NoMoreRepugs]

56. The Trump/Vance braintrust might be our best ally. What a bunch of MAROONS.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

57. Hey JD go f*** a couch and stay out of my uterus.

[Crunchy Frog]

58. One of my dearest friends ever was an elderly lady

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who I was a health aide for over many years. She was also a lifelong Republican.

She was never married, but was in a relationship that lasted over 40 years, until the man died. She also never had any children and made it very clear that she had never wanted them, though she did enjoy being an aunt.

It's not just Democrats who make the choice not to have children.

Edit: She didn't like cats either. Maybe that would have made her okay with Vance.

[Baitball Blogger]

59. Are they really that stupid?

Are they suggesting that there aren't Republican women who have decided not to have children?

[Skittles]

67. YES

THEY ARE THAT FUCKING STUPID

[haele]

60. His statement doesn't target people who couldn't find the "right girl, right guy"?

Hmm. Harris didn't find the "right guy" to share her life until she was in her 40's. That's pretty old to start having children, whether she wanted to have one or not. The risks of medical complications to both potential mother and child at that age increase exponentially; especially since some women begin to experience peri-menopause by then.
I did pretty much the same, spending my 20's and 30's working my ass off establishing a career I enjoyed for myself because I didn't want to spend youth anxiously looking for someone to take care of me in exchange for giving him kids.
Especially because I learned early on from fellow students and neighbors that the caretaker father figure initially chosen by mom may not be there - for whatever reason.
The Vietnam War, and the criminalization of young minority men (especially in the Reagan years) did a lot to increase the numbers of all those poor single mothers the GOP loves to wag their fingers at.

So, as usual, they're full of shit. She did "the right thing" by the rules they set down, maintaining herself and only getting married when she found the guy she wanted to spend her life with, but the goalposts are moved because she's not a perfect perky white middle class daughter.

Haele

[Martin68]

61. There are lots of issues with this statement, but the one that stands out to me is how voters will know whether

a couple have no children by choice or because of medical issues. That knowledge is privileged information.

[Dem4life1234]

62. There's always some pickme woman

Making an apology for these incels and misogynists.

[keep_left]

63. So apparently, Karoline Leavitt is Trump's latest blonde Fembot...

...(to borrow Randi Rhodes' term). She made an appearance here recently because of her insulting, disrespectful attitude during an interview with CNN's Kasie Hunt. So my question is, whatever happened to Trump's former spokesmodel, Liz Harrington? Did Trump trade her in for the latest version or something?!

https://democraticunderground.com/100219056964
https://democraticunderground.com/100219056964#post31

[Skittles]

64. IT IS NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE ASSHOLES

[spanone]

68. fuck these morons....

may they rot in the deepest, hottest holes of hades

[PeaceWave]

70. Why are Republicans so obsessed with how we all use our genitalia?

[LogicFirst]

73. Dear Catholic Vance

Do you include in your misguided opinion the Catholic nuns who "could" have children but choose not to?