Hi Friend,
It’s VP Debate Night in America! America’s Dad Gov. Tim Walz (D) takes on super weird and creepy Sen. JD Vance (R) tonight at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Are you watching?
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See you tonight!
-Ruth and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team
PS: Here’s how you can watch or listen to the VP debate tonight at 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/walz-vance-vp-debate-watch/story?id=114201347
Friend,
Y’all. I have looked forward to this VP debate between Tim Walz (D) and JD Vance (R) for weeks. How about you? Are you watching?
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Personally, as a West Virginian born and raised in Appalachia, I’ve had my side eye on JD Vance for a while now. Yes, I read his book trashing the people of Appalachia, and, well…bless his heart. [1]
With JD Vance’s awful track record of saying that women should stay in violent marriages, [2] that parents in need of child care should rely on the unpaid and often totally unavailable labor of grandparents, [3] and that childless cat ladies should have less voting power [4]? WEIRD!
Now JD Vance is admitting to destructively making up and then doubling down on racist stories about Haitian immigrants to fan the flames of division and putting school children at risk, and even saying we need more babies but voting against or just skipping votes on IVF protections [5,6]? Again, weird!
Weird, creepy, and out of touch.
Tuesday’s VP debate should be illuminating and important.
It’s important because this man, JD Vance, who doesn’t know how to order donuts, and has this weird and creepy track record, wants to be second in line for the presidency.
We must pay attention to what JD Vance is saying and what he doesn’t say. Do Vance and Trump have actual plans or just “concepts of a plan,” as Trump has recently said, to address the issues pressing our families right now?
When we watch this debate together and use the BINGO card to track what the candidates are talking about and HOW they talk about the issues that affect our daily lives, it helps spread awareness about what is at stake in this upcoming election.
Listen, I’m not just tracking JD Vance’s unhinged moments and the seemingly never-ending hit parade of insults to moms, grandmoms, women, and families.
I’m also tracking Coach Walz, who has been coming through in good ways for women and families time and time again – and if he gives us an “Ope!” or some other folksy Midwestern charm! I’m celebrating that Coach Walz fights for parents and our economy by, as Governor, passing paid family and medical leave, expanding child care AND child tax credits, and reducing childhood poverty in his home state of Minnesota. [7]
And we’re going to keep watching, including during this upcoming debate (and at the ballot box).
Join us! Playing BINGO is a powerful way for us to join together with moms and caregivers across the country to lift the policies that matter the most to us to give them some more momentum in the next 37 (!!!) days before the election (It’s also a good way to get your kids involved too!) You can also join the Bingo fun in Spanish with our Lotería card!
-> If you’re on Twitter/X or other social media platforms, watch @MomsRising / @MamasConPoder with us and follow along with your Bingo card using #VPDebateBingo. Post a photo from your watch party — or your solo party with the baby monitor and popcorn using that same hashtag too: #VPDebateBingo! Let’s power up the narrative together!
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There are more than 94 million mom voters in this country. NINETY FOUR MILLION. Together we have a lot of power to shape this election. Together, we’re a powerful force for women and families. Ope!
- Ruth, Jenny, Kristin, Xochitl, Linda, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team
References:
[1] The Guardian: I’m from Appalachia. JD Vance doesn’t represent us – he only represents himself
[2] LA Times: At 2021 O.C. event, JD Vance said divorces after unhappy, 'even violent' marriages 'didn't work out for the kids'
[3] Salon: JD Vance is wrong, experts say: Boomer grandparents aren’t the solution to rising day care costs
[4] NBC News: JD Vance doubles down on 'childless cat ladies' dig: 'I've got nothing against cats’ and MSNBC: In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votes
[5] The Guardian: JD Vance Admits he is willing to "create stories" to get media attention
[6] The American Prospect: GOP Senators in a Bind on IVF Vote Today
[7] The Minnesota Reformer: Here’s what Tim Walz has done as governor of Minnesota
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