Oprah Winfrey shoots down JD Vance’s “childless cat lady” jibe
Donald Trump‘s vice-presidential candidate JD Vance over his “childless cat lady” remarks.Speaking at the Democratic convention on Wednesday night (August 21), the iconic talk show host offered her strong endorsement to Kamala Harris to become the first ever female President of the United States. She also spoke passionately about racism, sexism and income inequality.“When a house is on fire, we don’t ask whose house it is,” Winfrey said (via BBC News), adding that “if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too”.Winfrey, who does not have children of her own, was referring to Vance’s remarks from a 2021 Fox News interview, in which he claimed the US was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies with miserable lives” who are “making the country miserable too”.Vance also questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership capabilities because she does not have biological children.He added: “Look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC, the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,” Vance said.