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If he’d known he was going to be picked as Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, JD Vance might have decided to keep his views on childless “cat ladies” to himself. After all, cat ladies get to vote too in the United States.
But Vance’s tirades against child-free modern women have gone down much better in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, where women aren’t allowed anywhere near political power and elections stopped having any meaning years ago. In fact, the Ohio senator has become something of a hero among Russian right-wingers trying to bring back traditional values—and persuade young Russians to start having large families again.
“Putin and his administration have been inspired by Vance’s ‘childless cat lady’ comments,” former Putin speechwriter Abbas Gallyamov told the Daily Beast. “Putin sees Trump as his absolute ally and Vance’s words give the Kremlin encouragement. Now they can say, ‘See! We are not marginals!”
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