Podbit · The Rest Is Politics: US
In 2021, JD Vance said liberal women without kids are ruining America — it was politically useful then. Now his poll numbers with women are underwater, so he goes on The View to apologize and play the cuddly dad. This isn't a man having a moral awakening. This is a man A/B testing his brand with the electorate.
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The book tour is where Vance's strategy becomes most legible — and most contradictory. On The View, he opens with a joke about being told by his comms team it's a 'MAGA Republican show,' bats away questions about immigration and detention with polished ease, and apologizes for the 2021 'cat lady' comment that called liberal women without children the ruin of America. In the same week, on Fox, he dismisses Congressional Democrats as 'terrible people.' Katty's reading is sharp: in 2021 it was politically expedient to perform full anti-woke MAGA; in 2026, with female voter numbers underwater, it's expedient to apologize. This isn't moral growth. It's market research. The problem is that voters can sense the calculation even when they can't name it.
On The View, JD Vance jokes about being at a 'MAGA Republican show,' apologizes for the cat lady comment, and bats away hard questions with a smile. Then he goes on Fox and calls Congressional Democrats 'terrible people.' These are not two facets of the same man. These are two performances. And voters can tell the difference.
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