In early July, former President Donald Trump announced that Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio would be his running mate for the 2024 election. Since Vance's official nomination for Vice President, controversies surrounding his past statements have resurfaced. Notably, comments from 2021 have gone viral, where Vance criticized "childless cat ladies" in positions of power. Additionally, Vance has faced backlash for comparing abortion to slavery in various interviews, including remarks made on 'The Catholic Current' and 'The Bruce Hooley Show,' where he argued that both abortion and slavery have a "morally distorting effect on the entire society." These statements have sparked renewed debate and scrutiny as Vance enters the national political spotlight.
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00:00Back in 2021 and 2022, J.D. Vance made numerous comments comparing abortion to slavery.
00:07During the Republican National Convention in early July, Donald Trump took to Truth
00:11Social to announce his running mate, writing,
00:13"'After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of
00:17many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice
00:21President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the great state of Ohio.'"
00:27Since Vance received the official nomination for Vice President, numerous controversies
00:31surrounding the politician have popped back up.
00:34Most infamously, comments Vance made back in 2021 while speaking with Tucker Carlson
00:38have gone viral, where Vance said the country is run by, quote, "'a bunch of childless
00:43cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made,
00:47and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.'"
00:51Now another resurfaced clip from back in 2021 is stirring up controversy for Vance again
00:56after being unearthed by left-leaning news organization Media Matters.
01:00While appearing on an episode of The Catholic Current, Vance compared abortion and slavery,
01:04stating,
01:05"'There's something comparable between abortion and slavery, and that while the people
01:09who obviously suffer the most are those subjected to it, I think it has this morally distorting
01:13effect on the entire society.'"
01:15In 2022, Vance appeared on The Bruce Hule Show and drew the comparison again, emphasizing
01:21his support of Roe v. Wade being overturned, stating,
01:24You know, Dred Scott, one of the famous pro-slavery decisions by the Supreme Court, I don't think
01:29anybody wants that to remain law.
01:31So I do think that we look at these decisions very often, and we say, look, these things
01:34just don't make any sense anymore.
01:37So yeah, this is ultimately, this is a good thing.