JD Vance Comments About Childless Americans Unearthed—About Teachers

Republican Vice Presidential Nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance came under fire again on Tuesday due to comments he made directed at childless Americans—this time concerning teachers. Vance has previously faced criticism for labeling Democrats “childless cat ladies” on Fox News in 2021. At a speech given at a Center for Christian Virtue forum the same year, first unearthed by the publication Heartland Signal, Vance again criticized childless Americans and took particular aim at Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers. “I hate to be so personal about this, but there are people without kids that try to brainwash the minds of our children,” Vance said. “That really disorients me, that really disturbs me.” According to the vice presidential nominee, Weingarten “doesn’t have a single child. If she wants to brainwash and destroy the minds of children, she should have some of her own and leave ours the hell alone.” Responding to the comments on Twitter, Weingarten called the Ohio senator’s remarks “sad and insulting to millions of modern families.” A representative for Vance doubled down on the controversial comments in a statement to the Daily Beast. “There is no bigger threat to American children than the left wing indoctrination being forced on our schools by elites like Randi Weingarten, with the support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” Vance’s spokeswoman Taylor Van Kirk said. “There are a lot of great teachers across the country, and JD’s criticism of Randi Weingarten’s actions is not about them. It’s essential that our schools focus on teaching reading, writing, math, and the basics, and get out of the business of forcing anti-American propaganda into the curriculum. Senator Vance is committed to ending the leftist indoctrination in our schools and will continue to loudly call this crap out to defend our kids.”