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agreed with a podcast host in 2020 that the “whole purpose of the postmenopausal female” is to help raise grandchildren.on a podcast called “The Portal,” hosted by Eric Weinstein, who at the time was the managing director of an investment firm founded by billionaire Vance backer Peter Thiel. Vance was speaking about how the mother of his wife, Usha Vance, took a sabbatical for a year to help take care of their newborn son.
“You can sort of see the effect it has on him to be around them, they spoil him, all the classic stuff that grandparents do to grandchildren,” Vance said. “But it makes him a much better human being to have exposure to his grandparents.”Vance agreed with the remarks in the middle of the statement. Later, Weinstein said that having grandparents on hand to help with a newborn was a “weird, unadvertised feature of marrying an Indian woman.
NEW VANCE AUDIO: In an interview from 2020, JD Vance agrees with a podcast host who says having grandmothers help raise children is “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female.”“The media is dishonestly putting words in JD’s mouth — of course he does not agree with what the host said,” the spokesperson. “JD reacted to the first part of the host’s sentence, assuming he was going to say: ‘that’s the whole purpose of spending time with grandparents.
The remarks add another hitch to Vance’s efforts to shore up support for the Trump ticket before the November election. Last month, past comments he’d madeGeorge Santos Defends JD Vance Against Drag Photo ControversyBy entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our
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