JD Vance's 'Cat Lady' Backlash: Trump Advisor Calls It Blatantly Out of Context

Trump 2024 senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita defends JD Vance's comments about "childless cat ladies," calling them "blatantly taken out of context." The comments, made in a 2021 interview, have sparked criticism from Democrats and some Republicans.

JD Vance's 2021 comments about "childless cat ladies" have resurfaced and drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Vance an "incredibly bad choice" for vice president and urged Trump to replace him.

JD Vance's 'Cat Lady' Backlash: Trump Advisor Calls It Blatantly Out of Context

Trump 2024 senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita has come to Vance's defense, saying that his comments are being "blatantly taken out of context." He added that the Trump-Vance campaign is not against "childless women" as the liberal media is suggesting.

Vance, the author of "Hillbilly Elegy," was propelled into national headlines when Trump announced him as vice presidential running mate. Republicans have billed Vance as speaking to forgotten working class Americans.

JD Vance's 'Cat Lady' Backlash: Trump Advisor Calls It Blatantly Out of Context

The Harris campaign has attempted to counter that messaging, with Harris claiming that Vance would be "loyal only to Trump, not to our country." Vance, a Marine veteran who served in Iraq, shot back during a campaign rally with Trump, questioning Harris's loyalty and criticizing her immigration policy.

Schumer defended Harris's immigration policy, claiming that Republicans only want chaos at the border for political purposes. He said that Democrats have put together a plan that would have stopped the influx of migrants at the border but that Republicans blocked it.

JD Vance's 'Cat Lady' Backlash: Trump Advisor Calls It Blatantly Out of Context

The Vance-Harris debate is just one of many issues that are likely to come up in the 2024 presidential election. It remains to be seen how the American public will react to Vance's comments and whether they will hurt or help Trump's chances of reelection.

Fox News' Garbriel Hays contributed to this report.

JD Vance's 'Cat Lady' Backlash: Trump Advisor Calls It Blatantly Out of Context