Lindsey Graham addresses criticism over JD Vance's "childless cat ladies" comment

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Published 2024-07-29
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key Trump ally, tells "Face the Nation" that although "you should never say anything to hurt anybody's feelings," he supports Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, saying that his recently resurfaced comments about "childless cat ladies" were about how the "Democratic Party has abandoned the traditional family."

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All Comments (21)
  • @rabidgoon
    Deep in his heart, Lindsay Graham is himself a “childless cat lady”.
  • @rodcamp4472
    Isn't Lindsey, also, a childless cat lady?!
  • @EdKazO-Vision
    Give it up Lindsey. Your original take on Trump still stands.
  • @frosty7646
    Lindsey ghram is childless and not married. Still in the closet.
  • @Dex2R7
    Push back FFS. I support having Republicans on but you need to be able to address the BS that's coming out of his mouth.
  • @nokedjohnson8244
    I’m tired of the lies, greed and corruption I’m voting 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 to save our children’s future!
  • @allen7986
    Vance also said childless folks have no stake in the future of the country. He suggested they should not have the same status as couples with children and therefore should be penalized in some way. What!!! Vance never addressed that part of his snarky comments. Yet he apologizes to cats.
  • @adamchristie7626
    How this guy keeps getting elected baffles me. The spine of a used car for sale balloon.
  • @brianboese9884
    "I'm childless but im going to vote for JD Vance because I'm a spineless career politician that has no morals, dignity or self respect."
  • @krnpowr
    Lindsey is one of the closeted guys that helped crash the Grindr server in Milwaukee during the RNC convention.
  • @evelavidaloca
    This senator should live a month in Venezuela, cuba, North Korea where dictators rule the country. So he can taste a dictatorship and then talk.
  • @gezld284
    The irony of Lady Lindsey talking about traditional family😆😆😆
  • @OG.Mikentosh
    Term Limits Now! There is no reason anyone should be able to retire into COngress or the Supreme Court. As far as Vance --- it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. Dump Trump and men like Graham who protect the traitor.
  • @annzalewski2562
    Lindsay Graham is a big cry baby and an embarrassment to the Senate!
  • @jacorrian1898
    Most Americans WANT term limits. Conservatives ideas are weirdly unpopular