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Gabby Giffords Rips Into J.D. Vance Over Childless Comment: Disgraceful
Giffords and Kelly have previously opened up about their heartbreak at not having children after the 2011 attack near Tucson, Arizona.
Of everything that changed that dayboth of us halting our careers, the beginning of a long, difficult road to recoverywe also lost something we wanted very much: the opportunity to have a child together, they wrote in a joint essay for People magazine earlier this year attacking moves to limit IVF access in Arizona.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gabby-giffords-rips-into-jd-vance-over-childless-comment-disgraceful
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BoRaGard
(2,014 posts)a losing strategy for attracting voters who are, basically, decent human beings. They are still the majority of voters, despite G.O.P. attempts to undermine.
underpants
(185,005 posts)I love my daughter and people love their kids but there is a cynical shared-experience joke amongst parents. We all know people or couples who dont have kids. Friends neighbors coworkers. They talk about going here or there and theres thought thats maybe spoken or mumbled or its just a thought Well, THEY dont have kids
Or theres someone lets say at work Doesnt she look great? says one woman
..I can look around the room at Moms and I can almost feel them thinking Well, wait until SHE starts having kids
Both are just funny asides to ourselves and a shared joke.
I get that this stuff Vance is saying is standard religious no divorce til death do us part go make more Christian soldiers thing but arent those people already in their camp? Maybe reports of low enthusiasm (e. g. SW Virginia) in their ranks are true. Dont they have any kind of external sounding board to get SOME sort of perspective from outside the echo chamber?
Wounded Bear
(59,911 posts)![](/emoticons/facepalm.gif)
dutch777
(3,267 posts)madaboutharry
(40,980 posts)That makes Gabby Giffords a stepmom, just like Kamala.
But according to the weird J.D. Vance that doesn't seem to count!
StarryNite
(10,329 posts)We need to stick him with that because he is a weirdo with or without the couch.