J.D. Vance Said He's 'Really Disturbed' by Teachers Who Are Not Parents in Resurfaced 2021 Audio
Mar. 15, 2025J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17, 2024.Photo:PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
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“You know, so many of the leaders of the left, and I hate to be so personal about this, but they’re people without kids trying to brainwash the minds of our children. And that really disorients me and it really disturbs me," Vance, 40, said in the clip.
“Randi Weingarten, who’s the head of the most powerful teachers union in the country, she doesn’t have a single child. If she wants to brainwash and destroy the minds of children, she should have some of her own and leave ours the hell alone,” the Republican continued.
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Randi Weingarten at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
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A Vance spokeswoman also followed up with PEOPLE about the audio, sharing a similar statement that added, “There are a lot of great teachers across the country, and JD’s criticism of Randi Weingarten’s actions is not about them,” before adding that Vance wants to end “the leftist indoctrination in our schools.”
J.D. Vance in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2024.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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Speaking in an interview onThe Portalpodcast at the time, Vance appeared to agree with a reference to his wifeUsha Vance’s mother as a “postmenopausal female” as he spoke about when she came to live with their family after one of his children was born.
“That’s the wholepurpose of the postmenopausal femalein theory,” host Eric Weinstein interjected, before Vance agreed, “Yes.”
“Of course he does not agree with what the host said,” he said. “J.D. 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.’ "
source: people.com
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