Donald Trump defends J.D. Vance's 'childless cat lady' comments by saying it shows a key value is close to his heart

Donald Trump doesn't look concerned pinch nan reemergence of moving mate J.D. Vance's 'childless feline lady' comments and nan slew of ensuing criticism.

Rather, nan erstwhile president and 2024 Republican campaigner claims nan remarks beryllium Vance is simply a family man arsenic he defended picking nan Ohio Senator to subordinate his ticket.

'He loves family. It's very important to him,' Trump told Fox News big Laura Ingraham during an question and reply aired Monday evening.

'He grew up successful a very absorbing family situation. And he feels family is good,' Trump added of Vance. 'And I don't deliberation there's thing incorrect successful saying that.'

The vice statesmanlike nominee said successful a 2021 question and reply pinch then-Fox big Tucker Carlson that nan U.S. is being tally by Democratic 'childless feline ladies who are miserable astatine their ain lives and nan choices that they've made and truthful they want to make nan remainder of nan state miserable too.' 

'How does it make immoderate consciousness that we've turned our state complete to group who don't really person a nonstop liking successful it?' he added.

Vance has 3 children, Ewan, 6, Vivek, 4, and Mirabel, 2 pinch woman Usha, who he met erstwhile nan 2 attended Yale together.

Ever since Vance's remark reemerged, critics person jumped to Vice President Kamala Harris' defense.

Harris, who became nan de facto Democratic statesmanlike nominee past week, has nary children of her own, but has 2 step-daughters pinch hubby First Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Emhoff's ex-wife Kerstin called attacks 'baseless' and went connected to opportunity Harris is simply a 'loving, nurturing, fiercely protective' co-parent of her children.

Vance said Friday successful clarifying what he meant successful his comments from 2021 that Democrats are pushing 'anti-child' policies.

'I wish her step-children and Kamala Harris and her full family nan very best,' nan Republican Senator said. 'The constituent is not that she's lesser. The constituent is that her statement has pursued a group of policies that are profoundly anti-child.'

Trump, while backing up his moving mate, besides said he doesn't spot a higher worth connected adults who person children versus those who are not parents.

'You know, you don't meet nan correct person, aliases you don't meet immoderate person,' Trump said to Ingraham. 'But you're conscionable arsenic good, successful galore cases, a batch amended than a personification that's successful a family situation.'

The erstwhile president says Democrats are blowing Vance's years-old remark retired of proportion.

'He's sewage tremendous support, and he really does among a definite group of people, group that for illustration families,' Trump said. 'He made a connection having to do pinch families. That doesn't mean that group that aren't a personnel of a large and beautiful family pinch 400 children astir and everything else, it doesn't mean that a personification doesn't person – he's not against anything.'

'Now, they took that arsenic an denotation that group that don't person families… ohio it's truthful crazy,' he added.

Speaking connected The Megyn Kelly Show connected Friday, Vance said his comments were 'obviously sarcastic.'

'People are focusing truthful overmuch connected nan sarcasm and not connected nan constituent of what I really said,' he explained.

'The constituent of what I said, Megyn - I'm sorry, it's true,' he added. 'This is astir criticizing nan Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-children.'

'The elemental constituent that I made is that having children, becoming a father, becoming a mother, I really do deliberation it changes your position successful a beautiful profound way. I'm making an statement that our full nine has go skeptical and moreover hateful towards nan thought of having kids.'

Democrats opportunity Vance's comments were anti-woman, anti-gay and insulting to those who person problem conceiving.