Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that JD Vance called Taylor Swift childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives during interview with Tucker Carlson.
Like many of the most successful politicians (from either side of the political aisle), Vance seems to be an opportunist rather than an ideologue. This doesn’t make him less dangerous, I should add. Rather it makes him more dangerous. Vance, it seems clear, has no problem throwing even close friends to the wolves if it helps his pursuit of power. One of his former friends, Sofia Nelson, is transgender; they recently told the New York Times that Vance was supportive of their transition – even bringing home-baked treats to their home after they underwent top surgery. Their friendship ended in 2021 when the politician started saying “hateful things about trans people”, Nelson told the Times.
There are endless reasons why I find this alarming, from Vance’s anti-LGBTQ legislation to his disparaging remarks about DEI initiatives. But I want to focus on an old speech that’s been recirculating since the news broke.
In 2021, Vance spoke at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s conference on the Future of American Political Economy, where he blamed “the childless left” for the nation’s woes. As a woman who’s intentionally childfree, I am livid over this rhetoric. According to him, we have “no physical commitment to the future of this country.”