Republican vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) is responding to a statement he made three years prior regarding individuals often referred to as cat ladies.

On Tuesday, a journalist inquired about his assertion made on Fox News in 2021, in which he stated that the government is operated by a “bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable.” In the audience, one supporter exclaimed, “This cat lady loves you!”

Vance responded by hammering Vice President Kamala Harris, “What I said is very simple: I think American families are good and government policy should be more pro-family. If the media wants to get offended about a sarcastic remark I made before I even ran for the Senate, then the media is entitled to get offended.”

He continued: “You know what I’m offended by? That normal Americans can’t afford groceries, that Kamala Harris opened up the American southern border, and I’m offended that she wants to be the people’s president but cannot answer tough questions. That’s what I’m offended by, and I think that’s what most Americans are offended by too.”

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