Republican vice-presidential nominee continues to face questions about comment as campaign speeds up

Republican vice-presidential nominee continues to face questions about comment as campaign speeds up

The Republican vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, claimed that calling leading Democrats “a bunch of childless cat ladies” was merely a “sarcastic remark”, as he attempted to deflect charges of misogyny and redirect fire at Harris’s own running mate, Tim Walz, on Tuesday.

  • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    661·
    3 months ago

    I have never seen a candidate for any office have to spend so much time dealing with one offhand insult. It’s truly a testament to how bad he is at damage control. He doesn’t just gaff, they layer on top of each other.

    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
      19·
      3 months ago

      To be honest, as a childless cat owner, a really charismatic candidate could probably have doubled down and we wouldn’t still be talking about it. Their voters don’t give a fuck, but to keep trying to pretend you didn’t say the thing you said is dragging it out unnecessarily

      • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world
        14·
        3 months ago

        yeah, that’s what i keep thinking about. Trump would’ve washed himself of this 3 seconds after he said it. i think the only winning move here would’ve been to double down. might not have won them anyone new, but their base would’ve eaten it up.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    3 months ago

    sarcasm noun sar·casm / ˈsär-ˌka-zəm

    1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

    2a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual

    2b: the use or language of sarcasm

    I must be missing how that’s any better. “Oh, I meant to insult them in a satirical way.”

    Regardless, it still sounds like something a couchfucker would say.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
      16·
      3 months ago

      Right, so with this it’s no longer just Actual Childless Cat Ladies, but rather anyone single is now a childless cat lady, and they mean it as an insult.

    • cloud_herder@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 months ago

      Haha same - clarifying that an asshole sarcastic comment is sarcastic doesn’t make it not an asshole comment.

      Many people (hopefully most) knew it was sarcasm.

  • LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    We know he wasn’t as the ‘clean-up’ from the fallout caused by a supposed sarcastic remark is truly a secondary gaff. You were serious, couch fucker, and we know it. So go make sweet love to couches, you weirdo, and leave US citizens alone.

  • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
    19·
    3 months ago

    I love when politicians use the “you can’t take anything I say seriously” argument in a bid to be taken more seriously.

  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
    171·
    3 months ago

    How can someone who doesn’t understand the definition of sarcasm be in the running for VP of the United States? I’m convinced that many of these politicians are rubber stamped through college, there’s no way they were able to get past any serious level of critical thinking. If this guy has a college degree, then that is proof positive that a college degree is completely worthless.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      121·
      3 months ago

      Oh he understands. Don’t doubt that.

      He’s just lying to cover his ass.

    • davidagain@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 months ago

      Left-Center - Credibility: Medium - Factual Reporting: Mixed - United Kingdom

      The guardian is one of the three most respectable newspapers in the UK.

      Left-Centre? yes
      Medium credibility? only to right wingers
      Mixed factual? because you prefer your alternative facts.

      I think a right winger wrote this bot.