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Dangerous, Un-American & Path to Misery- J.D. Vances' HATE & Rants Against Women
A Path to Misery: J.D. Vances' HATE & Rants Against Women in Newly Unearthed Podcast
Ex-beauty contestant condemns JD Vance for use of embarrassing video
Dangerous and Un-American: New Recording of JD Vances' Dark Vision of Women and Immigration
The Guardian 1 SEP 2024
Caite Upton during the 2007 Miss Teen USA contest - Video of Caitlin Upton from 2007 was used by Vance to mock Kamala Harris drove the young woman to consider suicide
A 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant who drew widespread mockery because of a stuttering response to a question that she fielded at the competition has said ?it?s a shame? ? and also condemned ?online bullying? ? after JD Vance recirculated a video of her difficult moment to attack Kamala Harris.
Meanwhile, the Republican nominee for vice-president in November?s election has ruled out apologizing to Caitlin Upton, who has spoken openly about how she previously contemplated suicide at the height of the ordeal revived by Vance.
Dangerous and Un-American: New Recording of JD Vances' Dark Vision of Women and Immigration
Trumps? running mate rants against feminism, immigrants and Ilhan Omar in a newly unearthed podcast from 2021
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is facing even more scrutiny about his attitude towards women with the Guardian reporting that he launched an attack against professional women in a newly unearthed 2021 podcast.
As the Guardian's Jason Wildon reported on Saturday morning, Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate made the comments on the podcast that was uploaded to YouTube in September of 2021, where, besides complaining about women pursuing careers, he also attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
According to the report, Vance claimed women who choose careers over having children are headed down a "path to misery."
In particular he pointed to some of his female classmates at Yale Law School, and said of them that they were, "pursuing racial or gender equity is like the value system that gives their life meaning ? [but] they all find that that value system leads to misery?.
The report notes that 39 minutes into the podcast, the Ohio Republican stated, "What they don?t realize ? and I think some of them do eventually realize that, thank God ? is that that is actually a path to misery. And the path to happiness and to fulfillment is something that these institutions are telling people not to do."
?The corruption is it puts people on a career pipeline that causes them to chase things that will make them miserable and unhappy,? he added. ?And so they get in positions of power and then they project that misery and happiness on the rest of society.?
The Guardian's Wildon added, "Now this latest recording raises renewed questions about Vance?s contribution to the Republican ticket, which is trailing behind Kamala Harris and her bid to be America?s first woman of color president."
Donald Trumps running mate, JD Vance, said that professional women ?choose a path to misery? when they prioritize careers over having children in a September 2021 podcast interview in which he also claimed men in America were ?suppressed? in their masculinity.
The Ohio senator and vice-presidential candidate said of women like his classmates at Yale Law School that ?pursuing racial or gender equity is like the value system that gives their life meaning ? [but] they all find that that value system leads to misery?.
Vance also sideswiped the Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a one-time Somali refugee, claiming she had shown ?ingratitude? to America, and that she ?would be living in a craphole? had she not moved to the US.
In an emailed response to the Guardian, Omar slammed what she called the ?ignorant and xenophobic rhetoric spewed by Mr Vance? as ?dangerous and un-American?.
Ever since he was picked by Trump, Vance has been hit by scandals over his past comments, especially those concerning women and his perception of their role in society.
Last week his campaign was rocked by previous comments blasting a teachers union president for not having ?some of her own? children. His previous characterizations of Democratic leaders as ?childless cat ladies? have also troubled the Trump campaign?s efforts to appeal to suburban women.
Now this latest recording raises renewed questions about Vance?s contribution to the Republican ticket, which is trailing behind Kamala Harris and her bid to be America?s first woman of color president.
In the 2021 interview Vance also claimed men and boys in the US were ?suppressed? in their masculinity and made racially charged remarks about American cities and his political opponents.
Of Afghans who assisted US troops during the occupation of that country who were now seeking to come to America, Vance asked whether ?certain groups of people can successfully become American citizens?, and said those hostile to Minneapolis?s Somali American community ?don?t like people getting hatcheted in the street in [their] own community?.
At the same time, Vance claimed that ?the left uses racism as a cudgel?, and that he had been a ?little too worried? in the past about such accusations because they can be ?career-ending? and ?destroy a person?s life?.
Sophie Bjork-James, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University who has written extensively on topics including US evangelicals and populist politics, said: ?Vance represents a new articulation of rightwing politics that is bridging the Christian right and a tech-influenced hypermasculine conservatism.
?He appeals to evangelicals with the message that we find happiness by fulfilling traditional gender roles, which is a cornerstone of white evangelical Christianity. He also speaks to a misogynist trend emerging out of the tech world among people who would prefer not to talk about any kind of diversity at all.?
?What they share is the view that women shouldn?t be in paid work: they should be in the home and rearing children. But the public line isn?t ?we hate women?, it?s ?women will be happier if they stay at home?,? she added.
?Racial and Gender Resentment?
A video version of the podcast was published to YouTube on 20 September 2021, and events discussed in it suggest that it was recorded in the days immediately before. The liberal watchdog Media Matters had previously flagged the broadcast.
At that time, Vance was a relatively new political candidate. He achieved national prominence as a writer in 2016, but on 1 July 2021 he announced his candidacy for the US Senate. That March, the far-right tech billionaire Peter Thiel donated $10m to Protect Ohio Values, a Pac established to support a potential Vance candidacy.
The recording was initially published as an episode of the podcast of American Moment, a rightwing 501c3 non-profit whose website says its mission is to ?identify, educate, and credential young Americans who will implement public policy that supports strong families, a sovereign nation, and prosperity for all?.
At the time of the recording, Vance sat on the non-profit?s advisory board; he?s now listed under ?board members emeritus? on the organization?s website.
Vance?s hosts were American Moment?s president and founder, Saurabh Sharma, and its COO Nick Solheim. Introducing the discussion, Solheim speculated that Vance ?may end up with some angry texts after this one. It was a very spicy episode.?
In the recording, Vance repeatedly offered a dark vision of the lives of women who prioritized their professional careers.
At about 39 minutes into the recording, when asked what he saw inside elite institutions like Yale Law School that made him view them as corrupt, Vance answered:
?You have women who think that truly the liberationist path is to spend 90 hours a week working in a cubicle at McKinsey instead of starting a family and having children.?
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