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- Sen. JD Vance strongly rejected the idea of not having children over climate change concerns.
- “I think that’s a really, really crazy way to think about the world,” he told the NYT Magazine.
- Vance said that fatherhood has “totally transformed” how he thinks about himself and his wife.
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, in a newly-published interview, said it’s “deranged” and “crazy” for people to reject having children due to concerns over climate change.
Vance, the GOP vice-presidential nominee, made the remarks during a conversation with The New York Times Magazine, where he argued that the United States has “become almost pathologically anti-child.”
“You know, when I’ve used this word sociopathic?” he said. “Like, that, I think, is a very deranged idea: the idea that you shouldn’t have a family because of concerns over climate change.”
“I think that is a bizarre way of thinking about the future. Not to have kids because of concerns over climate change?” he continued. “I think the more bizarre thing is our leadership, who encourages young women, and frankly young men, to think about it that way.”