As soon as Donald Trump announced J.D. Vance As his running mate in the 2024 elections, the Ohio senator was criticized for his controversial comments and past moments.
In July, a photo of the VP pick wearing a shirt with the flag of the USSR circulated on social media sites.
Critics called out Vance for wearing the communist symbol, though some defended him — because it was just part of a Halloween party.
Vance’s 2021 “childless cat ladies” during his interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News also resurfaced.
At the time, he used the label to describe women without biological children – inclusive Kamala Harris – and explained that the government was run by people who were “miserable about their own lives and the choices they made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”
Celebrities, including Whoopi Goldberg And Jennifer Anistoncriticized Vance for his comments.
However, he defended himself when he spoke Megyn Kelly on the The Megyn Kelly Show podcast.
He said: “It was clearly a sarcastic comment. I have nothing against cats.”
Vance also said social media should be blamed “for focusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what I actually said.”
His other controversial comments include his suggestion to give people with children more voting rights and his position on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.